期刊
CHEMICAL GEOLOGY
卷 525, 期 -, 页码 37-45出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.07.017
关键词
Potassium Isotopes; MC-ICP-MS; Hekla; Magmatic differentiation; Isotope fractionation
资金
- McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
- UK National Environment Research Council (NERC)
- NERC [NE/R002134/1]
- NERC [NE/R002134/1] Funding Source: UKRI
High-temperature equilibrium and kinetic stable isotope fractionation during partial melting, fractional crystallization, and other igneous differentiation processes has been observed in many isotope systems, but due to the relative nascence of high-precision analytical capabilities for K, it is still unclear whether igneous processes induce systematic and resolvable K isotope fractionation. In this study, we look to the natural laboratory of Hekla volcano in Iceland to investigate the behavior of K isotopes during magmatic differentiation of basalt to rhyolite. Using a novel MC-ICP-MS method, we analyzed 24 geochemically diverse samples from Hekla, including 7 basalts, 8 basaltic andesites, 3 andesites, 4 dacites, and 2 rhyolites, along with 2 additional samples from Burfell, Iceland, for comparison (1 basalt and 1 trachyte). We observed extremely limited variation of K-41/K-39 ratios throughout our suite of samples, which is not resolvable within the best current analytical uncertainty. The average value of all samples is delta K-41(NIST SRM3141a) = -0.46 +/- 0.07 parts per thousand (2sd). This value agrees with the Bulk Silicate Earth value previously defined by average global oceanic basalts in literature. The lack of variation throughout this suite of samples from a single volcano system indicates that K does not fractionate during magmatic differentiation (of basalt to rhyolite) through processes such as partial melting and fractional crystallization. This conclusion is important to the estimation of the Bulk Silicate Earth K isotope composition, to placing a more robust estimate on the composition bulk continental crust, and to fostering a better understanding of the behavior of K isotopes during differentiation of the terrestrial planets.
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