Hydrogen isotopes in high 3He/4He submarine basalts: Primordial vs. recycled water and the veil of mantle enrichment
Hydrogen isotopes in high 3He/4He submarine basalts: Primordial vs. recycled water and the veil of mantle enrichment
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DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2018.12.012
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发表时间:
2019-02-15
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5.3
通讯作者:
Garcia, Michael O.
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Loewen, Matthew W.;Graham, David W.;Garcia, Michael O.
The hydrogen isotope value (delta D) of water indigenous to the mantle is masked by the early degassing and recycling of surface water through Earth's history. High He-3/He-4 ratios in some ocean island basalts, however, provide a clear geochemical signature of deep, primordial mantle that has been isolated within the Earth's interior from melting, degassing, and convective mixing with the upper mantle. Hydrogen isotopes were measured in high He-3/He-4 submarine basalt glasses from the Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) at the Amsterdam-St. Paul (ASP) Plateau (delta D = -51 to -90 parts per thousand, He-3/He-4 = 7.6 to 14.1 R-A) and in submarine glasses from Loihi seamount south of the island of Hawaii (delta D = -70 to -90 parts per thousand, He-3/He-4 = 22.5 to 27.8 R-A). These results highlight two contrasting patterns of delta D for high He-3/He-4 lavas: one trend toward high delta D of approximately 50 parts per thousand, and another converging at delta D = -75 parts per thousand. These same patterns are evident in a global compilation of previously reported delta D and He-3/He-4 results. We suggest that the high delta D values result from water recycled during subduction that is carried into the source region of mantle plumes at the core-mantle boundary where it is mixed with primordial mantle, resulting in high delta D and moderately high He-3/He-4. Conversely, lower delta D values of -75 parts per thousand, in basalts from Loihi seamount and also trace element depleted mid-ocean ridge basalts, imply a primordial Earth hydrogen isotopic value of -75 parts per thousand or lower. delta D values down to 100 parts per thousand also occur in the most trace element depleted mid-ocean ridge basalts, typically in association with Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios near 0.703. These lower delta D values may be a result of multi-stage melting history of the upper mantle where minor D/H fractionation could be associated with hydrogen retention in nominally anhydrous residual minerals. Collectively, the predominance of delta D around 75 parts per thousand in the majority of mid-ocean ridge basalts and in high He-3/He-4 Loihi basalts is consistent with an origin of water on Earth that was dominated by accretion of chondritic material. Published by Elsevier B.V.