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METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 229-235出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01771.x
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We have determined Nb, Y, and Zr abundances in the carbonaceous chondrites Orgueil (CI), Murray (CM2), Murchison (CM2), Allende (CV3), and Karoonda (CK4), and in the eucrites, Pasamonte and Juvinas, by a recently developed spark source mass spectrometric technique using multiple ion counting (MIC-SSMS). The abundance of Ta was determined in the same meteorites by radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA). Precision of the MIC-SSMS and RNAA techniques is similar to 3% and less than or equal to 5%, respectively. The new abundances for CI chondrites are: Nb = 0.247, Ta = 0.0142, Zr = 3.86, Y = 1.56 mu g/g; or 0.699, 0.0202, 11.2, and 4.64 atoms/10(6) Si atoms, respectively. The values agree with earlier compilations, but they are a factor of 2 more precise than earlier analyses. Trace element concentrations in the CM, CV, and CK chondrites are higher than in the CI chondrite Orgueil by about 37, 86, and 120%, respectively, in agreement with the variable absolute contents of refractory lithophile elements in different groups of carbonaceous chondrites. Of particular interest are the chondritic Nb/Ta, Zr/Nb, and Nb/U ratios, because these ratios are important tools for interpreting the chemical evolution of planetary bodies. We obtained Nb/Ta = 17.4 +/- 0.5 for the carbonaceous chondrites and the Juvinas-type eucrites investigated. Though this value is similar to previous estimates, it is much more precise. The same is true for Zr/Nb (15.5 +/- 0.2) and Zr/Y (2.32 +/- 0.12). In combination with recently published MIC-SSMS U data for carbonaceous chondrites, we obtained a chondritic Nb/U ratio of 29 +/- 2. Because Nb, Ta, Zr, Y, and U are refractory lithophile elements and presumably partitioned into the silicate phase of the Earth during core formation, the elemental ratios may also be used to constrain evolution of the Earth's primitive mantle and? with the more precise determinations fractionation of Nb and Ta during magmatic processes and mantle-crust interactions, can now be interpreted with greater confidence.
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