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Simulation of the Planetary Interior Differentiation Processes in the Laboratory
Published on: November 15, 2013
地球の鉛同位体の年齢は,核形成だけで説明できる
Bernard J Wood1, Alex N Halliday
1Department of Earth Sciences, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK. berniew@earth.ox.ac.uk
Nature
|June 11, 2010
まとめ
地球の鉛同位体の年齢は,蓄積過程で鉛が核に分割されたことと一致しています. これは,月形成の衝突時の揮発性損失の理論と矛盾し,初期の地球がよく混ざっていたことを支持しています.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 同位体地質学とは,同位体地質学である.
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
背景:
- 地球の鉛同位体の年齢の解釈は議論されてきた.
- 以前の仮説では,月形成の衝突時の揮発性損失が鉛の同位体シグネチャーに影響を与えたと示唆していた.
- 代替理論では,核形成中に鉛が金属液体に分解することを提案した.
研究 の 目的:
- 異なる炭素含有量下で,液体鉄中の鉛の分割行動を調査する.
- 地球の形成と初期の歴史に対する鉛同位体データの影響を再評価する.
主な方法:
- 液体鉄とシリケート溶液の間の鉛分割の実験的決定.
- 実験結果と組み合わせた同位体データの分析.
- 地球の蓄積と核形成中の鉛の振る舞いのモデリング.
主要な成果:
- 鉛が液体鉄に分解する過程は,炭素含有量に大きく依存しています.
- ~0.2%の炭素で,鉛は,地球の蓄積全体を通して,強く核に分割されます.
- 実験データと同位体データは,鉛が核に大量に組み込まれていることを支持しています.
結論:
- 地球の鉛同位体の年齢は,核の分割と一致しています.
- 巨大衝突の際に,有意な後期的な揮発性元素の損失の証拠はない.
- 地球の初期の歴史は,核に大量に鉛が組み込まれており,揮発性の損失ではありませんでした.
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