Primary Igneous Graphite in Ultramafic Xenoliths: II Isotopic Composition of the Carbonaceous Phases Present in Xenoliths and Host Lava at Tissemt (Eggéré, Alegerian Sahara)
Primary Igneous Graphite in Ultramafic Xenoliths: II Isotopic Composition of the Carbonaceous Phases Present in Xenoliths and Host Lava at Tissemt (Eggéré, Alegerian Sahara)
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超镁铁质包体中的原生火成石墨:Tissemt 包体和宿主熔岩中存在的碳质相的 II 同位素组成(艾格雷,阿尔及利亚撒哈拉)
DOI:
10.1093/petrology/28.2.313
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
J. Kornprobst
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作者:
F. Pineau;M. Javoy;J. Kornprobst
13C/12C ratios have been analysed in graphite adcumulate crystals associated with the olivine and orthopyroxene of a suite of ultramafic xenoliths in the alkali basalts of Tissemt (Eggéré, Algerian Sahara). The δ13C of these graphites varies from −24·6 to − 14·4 per milk with internal variations of up to 1·6 per mille within a given sample. Carbonates, linked to the volcanic phase and precipitated at medium temperatures have δ13C values from −0·8 to + 3·5 and δ18O values from 21·6 to 31·5 The host lava has a high carbon content of 675 p.p.m. with a global δ13C of −4·2. It can be separated into three parts: a major peak is obtained between 670 and 985 °C and also liberated by slow acid attack with a δ13C of up to +7·3 and representing CO2trapped in the natrolite; a high temperature peak (above 1160 °C with 47 p.p.m at −25·8) will represent carbon trapped in silicates and there is an additional carbon not well determined extracted from 300 °C to high temperature which represent 215 p.p.m. at −23·0 with a possible fraction as low as −68·0. The graphite is interpreted as the result of the precipitation of carbon from an interstitial liquid previously outgassed then supersaturated by the ongoing crystallization process. The volcanic event can be considered to a first approximation as remobilizing the carbon from the xenoliths by oxidation to CO2, subsequent partial reduction upon cooling and precipitation of carbonate and trapping of residual CO2within zeolite. Only volatilereduced species can be significantly outgassed so that the total δ13C of −4·2 is probably close to (or a little higher than) the original δ13C.