地球的同位素年龄可以仅仅通过核心形成来解释
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
概括
地球的同位素年龄与在积聚过程中分裂成核心一致. 这与月球形成撞击期间挥发性损失的理论相矛盾,支持一个混合良好的早期地球.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 同位素地质学的同位素.
- 行星科学 行星科学
背景情况:
- 地球的同位素年龄的解释一直在争论中.
- 之前的假设表明,月球形成撞击期间的挥发性损失影响了同位素特征.
- 其他理论提出,在核心形成过程中分裂成金属液体.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究在不同碳含量下,液体铁中的的分离行为.
- 重新评估同位素数据对地球形成和早期历史的影响.
主要方法:
- 实验确定液体铁和酸溶液之间的分区.
- 与实验结果结合,对同位素数据的分析.
- 在地球积聚和核心形成过程中模拟的行为.
主要成果:
- 分裂成液体铁的过程高度依赖于碳含量.
- 在~0.2%的碳中,在整个地球的积累过程中强烈地分裂成核心.
- 实验和同位素数据支持在核心中大量结合.
结论:
- 地球的同位素年龄与核心分割一致.
- 没有证据表明巨型撞击期间有显著的晚期挥发性元素损失.
- 地球的早期历史涉及到大量的融入核心,而不是挥发性损失.
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