哈迪纪地幔中微量元素的分化是由来自岩海洋的融化分离产生的
Guillaume Caro1, Bernard Bourdon, Bernard J Wood
1Laboratoire de Géochimie et Cosmochimie IPGP-CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France. caro@ipgp.jussieu.fr
Nature
|July 15, 2005
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
- 早期地球的历史 早期地球的历史
背景情况:
- 早期的地球由于积累过程而大量融化.
- 地幔分化发生在地球积累结束时 (4.46 ± 0.11 Gyr前).
- 这种差异化导致了被耗尽的地幔,Sm/Nd比率升高.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究地球早期地质化学特征背后的过程.
- 为了调和早期阿凯纪岩石中相互矛盾的Nd和Hf同位素数据.
- 了解最早的陆地原地的形成.
主要方法:
- 对来自格陵兰西部3.6 - 3.8 Gyr的古老岩石进行分析.
- 应用- (Sm-Nd) 和-哈夫 (Lu-Hf) 计时的应用.
- 使用了矿物融分区数据,用于高压地幔矿物质.
主要成果:
- 观察到的Nd同位素标志表明地幔耗尽,但Hf标志表明一个带状源.
- 这与典型的地形成过程形成鲜明对比, Sm-Nd 和 Lu-Hf 分成共变.
- 高压矿物溶分离数据解释了观察到的Nd和Hf签名.
结论:
- 观察到的地化学特征与来自晶体化岩海洋的融化分离一致.
- 这个过程发生在地球历史早期的上层地幔压力下.
- 剩余的融可能形成了最早的陆地原地.
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