Hf-Nd同位素证据表明,在早期的陆地地幔中存在过渡性动态状态
Albarede1, Blichert-Toft, Vervoort
1Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France. albarede@ens-lyon.fr
Nature
|April 13, 2000
概括
早期的地球地球.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 同位素地球化学 同位素地球化学
背景情况:
- 由于有限的古代岩石样本,对早期地球地幔的组成知之甚少.
- 预计来自行星积聚和岩海洋阶段的初始化学分离将被后来的地力学过程所掩盖.
- 从原始的,热量流失的地球过渡到现代的,地力学活跃的星球还没有得到很好的定义.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究阿基亚时代地幔的地化学特征.
- 确定早期地球分化过程对后来的地幔组成的影响程度.
- 了解大约38亿年前地球的热状态和地力学状态.
主要方法:
- 已公布的哈夫尼-新 (Hf-Nd) 同位素数据的比较,来自古老的上岩石 (伊苏亚,格陵兰).
- 来自月球岩石和火星石 (SNC) 的Hf-Nd同位素数据的分析.
- 同位素特征的相关性,以推断地幔遗传和热史.
主要成果:
- 考古地幔地质化学 (大约3.8Gyr前) 显示了从最初的地球差异化显著的继承.
- 证据表明,早期的地球仍在失去大量的原始热量.
- 早期地幔分层的残余可能还存在于现代地球的深层.
结论:
- 早期地球地幔的地化学记忆并没有完全消失,同位素信号提供了关键的见解.
- 古代地幔的组成反映了原始分化和正在进行的地力学过程.
- 了解早期地球的热和组成演变是解释当今地幔异质性的关键.
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