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1 A Large-scale isotope anomaly in the Southern Hemisphere mantle Stanley R. Hart

2 Figure 14-9. (Winter) From Hart (1984) Nature, 309, 753-756.

3 Can Generate tholeiitic and alkaline basalts from a chemically uniform mantle Variables –Temperature –Pressure Figure 10-2 (Winter) Phase diagram of aluminous lherzolite with melting interval (gray), sub-solidus reactions, and geothermal gradient. After Wyllie, P. J. (1981). Geol. Rundsch. 70, 128-153.

4 Trace Elements: REEs Figure 14-2. (Winter) After Wilson (1989) Igneous Petrogenesis. Kluwer.

5 Isotope Geochemistry Isotopes do not fractionate during partial melting of fractional melting processes, so will reflect the characteristics of the source OIBs, which sample a great expanse of oceanic mantle in places where crustal contamination is minimal, provide incomparable evidence as to the nature of the mantle

6 Pb Isotopes Pb produced by radioactive decay of U & Th 238 U  234 U  206 Pb 235 U  207 Pb 232 Th  208 Pb

7 Pb is quite scarce in the mantle –Mantle-derived melts susceptible to contamination –U, Pb, and Th are concentrated in continental crust (high radiogenic daughter Pb isotopes) – 204 Pb is non-radiogenic, so 208 Pb/ 204 Pb, 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, and 206 Pb/ 204 Pb increase as U and Th decay –Oceanic crust has elevated U and Th content (compared to the mantle) as will sediments derived from oceanic and continental crust –Pb is a sensitive measure of crustal (including sediment) components in mantle isotopic systems

8 Figure 14-8. After Wilson (1989) Igneous Petrogenesis. Kluwer. Data from Hamelin and Allègre (1985), Hart (1984), Vidal et al. (1984).

9 Can map the geographic distribution of the isotopic data Figure 14-9. From Hart (1984) Nature, 309, 753-756.

10 Isotopically enriched reservoirs (EMI, EMII, and HIMU) are too enriched for any known mantle process, and they correspond to crustal rocks and/or sediments EMI (slightly enriched) correlates with lower continental crust or oceanic crust EMII is more enriched, especially in radiogenic Sr (indicating the Rb parent) and Pb (U/Th parents) correlates with the upper continental crust or ocean-island crust

11 A Model for Oceanic Magmatism DM OIB ContinentalReservoirs EM and HIMU from crustal sources (subducted OC + CC seds) Figure 14-10. Nomenclature from Zindler and Hart (1986). After Wilson (1989) and Rollinson (1993).


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