Intrinsic oxygen fugacity measurements: techniques and results for spinels from upper mantle peridotites and megacryst assemblages
Intrinsic oxygen fugacity measurements: techniques and results for spinels from upper mantle peridotites and megacryst assemblages
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固有氧逸度测量:上地幔橄榄岩和巨型晶体组合尖晶石的技术和结果
DOI:
10.1016/0016-7037(81)90118-6
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1981
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J. Delano
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作者:
R. Arculus;J. Delano
A new technique for the determination of intrinsic oxygen fugacities (ƒ O 2's) of single and polyphase geological samples with solid ZrO 2, oxygen-specific electrolytes is described. Essentially the procedure involves isolating the emf signal from the sample from that unavoidably imposed by the residual atmosphere inside the sample-bearing sensor. By varying the ƒ O 2 of the residual atmosphere, it is possible to determine a ‘plateau’value of constant ƒ O 2 recorded from the sensor which represents a reversed intrinsic ƒ O 2 measurement for the sample alone, and where the extent of the plateau reflects the innate buffering capability of the sample. A measure of the precision and accuracy of the data obtained is the fact that identical ƒ O 2 values are obtained whether on a heating or cooling cycle of the sample+ compatible atmosphere system. These techniques have been applied to measurements of the intrinsic ƒ O 2 of spinels from peridotites and megacryst assemblages from Australia, West Germany and the USA Oxidation states range from∼-0.25 log 10 units more oxidized to 1 log 10 unit more reduced than the iron-wüstite (IW) buffer. The overall reduced nature of the spinels and the range of ƒ O 2's obtained are striking features of the data. One implication of the results is that the majority of mantle-derived magmas are initially highly reduced, and the relatively oxidized values observed at surface (∼-4–5 log 10 orders more oxidized than IW) reflect late-stage alteration, perhaps by H 2 loss (Sato, 1978).