核から最も高い地上のヘ/ヘ4
F Horton1, P D Asimow2, K A Farley2
1Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA. fhorton@whoi.edu.
Nature
|October 18, 2023
まとめ
科学者はバフィン島の溶岩で非常に高いヘリウム-3 (3He) とヘリウム-4 (4He) の比率を発見し,この原始的なガスの核起源の可能性を示唆した. この 発見 は,ヘリウム に つい て 長い間 信じ られ て き た 見方 に 異議 を 唱え て い ます
科学分野:
- 地化学
- 地理学
- 地球科学
背景:
- マントルのプラーム・ラバは通常,上部マントルよりも高い3He/4He比を示します.
- 高い3He/4He比は,伝統的に地球の蓄積中に組み込まれた太陽の星雲の原始物質に起因する.
- このコンポーネントはマントルに孤立し,ガスの放出を避けていたと考えられていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 地上の火山岩で異常に高い3He/4He比率の起源を調査する.
- 地球の核が原始のヘリウム源かもしれないという仮説を テストするために
- 地球の奥深くにある 揮発性元素の進化モデルを再評価する
主な方法:
- バフィン島の溶岩のオリビン結晶におけるヘリウム同位体比 (3He/4He) の分析.
- 潜在的ヘリウム源を評価するための地化学および地物理モデリング
主要な成果:
- 地上の火山岩でこれまでに記録された最高級の3He/4He比率 (大気比率の67.2±1.8倍) が測定された.
- 観測されたバフィン島の溶岩の比率は 地球の核からの潜在的貢献と一致しています
- この発見は,原始的なヘリウムの位置と地球での生存の確立された理解に挑戦しています.
結論:
- 地球の核は,マントルの溶岩に観測された高3He/4Heの活力源である可能性があります.
- このような高い比率の存在は,原始的な揮発性物質はマントルの中でのみ生き残ったという長年の仮定に挑戦しています.
- この発見は,地球深層の揮発性インベントリとその進化に関するモデルの見直しを必要とします.
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