期刊
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 277, 期 3-4, 页码 433-442出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.009
关键词
lithium isotopes; ocean island basalts; HIMU; enriched mantle; Cook-Austral Islands
资金
- NSF [EAR-0439960, EAR-0510449, EAR-0509891]
Radiogenic isotope variations in lavas from the Cook-Austral volcanic chain have delineated three distinct mantle sources: a HIMU component, a depleted component (DM), and an enriched component (EM). To better constrain the mantle sources for South Pacific hot spot volcanism, we determined lithium isotopic compositions of lavas from Raivavae, Rapa, Mangaia and Tubuai of the volcanic chain. The study includes whole rock and mineral analyses. in general, delta(7) Li of most olivines resemble bulk rock composition whereas clinopyroxenes are variably lighter. This implies that clinopyroxene is more susceptible to diffusion-induced fractionation, in agreement with previous studies. Olivine delta(7) Li values span a narrower range than whole rock values, and do not extend to the very heavy compositions previously reported in HIMU bulk lavas. This discrepancy likely reflects alteration of bulk lavas, and suggests that Li-isotope analyses of bulk lavas should be interpreted with caution. Olivines from HIMU lavas have heavy delta Li-7 values (up to 6.2 parts per thousand), and extend beyond the range reported for fresh MORB. Correlations between Li-isotopes and radiogenic isotopes suggest that the heavy delta(7) Li values in HIMU olivines are a source characteristic and not the result of post-magmatic alteration. Although the Li-isotope composition of recycled, dehydrated oceanic crust is currently under debate, our results suggest that HIMU lavas derive from a source containing recycled dehydrated oceanic crust, and that the heavy Li-isotope signature of altered oceanic crust is partially preserved during passage through the subduction factory. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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