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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 425, Issue -, Pages 193-203Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.002
Keywords
Hf-182-W-182 systematics; nucleosynthetic anomalies; micro-computed tomography; metal-silicate differentiation; early solar system; metal-rich chondrite
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Tafassasset is a primitive meteorite, the origin of which is still debated. Its possible relationship to either the CR chondrites - considered among the most primitive meteorites - or the brachinites - complex primitive achondrites - makes it an interesting sample for studying the initial stages of planetary accretion and differentiation in the early solar system. Here, we report tungsten (W) isotope data for bulk rock samples as well as for mineral fractions from Tafassasset, along with micro-computed tomography of a piece of the meteorite. Silicates show mass-independent W isotope anomalies, while the metal phase does not. These nucleosynthetic anomalies are interpreted as reflecting the presence of SiC presolar grains in the matrix of the meteorite, carrying s-process W-184 After correction of the nucleosynthetic anomalies, a correlation is observed between the W-182/W-184 isotope compositions and the Hf/W ratios of the different fractions. A Hf-182-W-182 age of ca. 2.9 Ma after CAIs is inferred from the Hf-182-W-182 chronometer, slightly older than other estimates based on the Mn-53-Cr-53, Al-26-Mg-26, and Pb/Pb chronometers, but consistent with the difference in closure temperatures of the different isotopic systems. Numerical modeling of the thermal evolution of Tafassasset indicates accretion of a parent-body less than similar to 50 km in diameter, <= 1 Ma after the formation of CAIs, at a time when short-lived radio-nuclides induced metal-silicate separation and partial melting of the silicates with extraction of a basaltic component. According to our new data, Tafassasset may represent an inner part of a CR-like parent body, with a differentiation history similar to, but less severe than, that of brachinites. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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