M.-A. Millet
Titanium stable isotope investigation of magmatic processes on the Earth and Moon
Millet, M.-A.; Dauphas, N.; Greberb, N.D.; Burton, K.W.; Dale, C.W.; Debret, B.; Macpherson, C.G.; Nowell, G.M.; Williams, H.M.
Authors
N. Dauphas
N.D. Greberb
Professor Kevin Burton kevin.burton@durham.ac.uk
Professor
C.W. Dale
B. Debret
C.G. Macpherson
Dr Geoffrey Nowell g.m.nowell@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
H.M. Williams
Abstract
We present titanium stable isotope measurements of terrestrial magmatic samples and lunar mare basalts with the aims of constraining the composition of the lunar and terrestrial mantles and evaluating the potential of Ti stable isotopes for understanding magmatic processes. Relative to the OL–Ti isotope standard, the δ49Ti values of terrestrial samples vary from −0.05 to +0.55‰, whereas those of lunar mare basalts vary from −0.01 to +0.03‰ (the precisions of the double spike Ti isotope measurements are ca. ±0.02‰ at 95% confidence). The Ti stable isotope compositions of differentiated terrestrial magmas define a well-defined positive correlation with SiO2 content, which appears to result from the fractional crystallisation of Ti-bearing oxides with an inferred isotope fractionation factor of View the MathML source. Primitive terrestrial basalts show no resolvable Ti isotope variations and display similar values to mantle-derived samples (peridotite and serpentinites), indicating that partial melting does not fractionate Ti stable isotopes and that the Earth's mantle has a homogeneous δ49Ti composition of +0.005 ± 0.005 (95% c.i., n=29). Eclogites also display similar Ti stable isotope compositions, suggesting that Ti is immobile during dehydration of subducted oceanic lithosphere. Lunar basalts have variable δ49Ti values; low-Ti mare basalts have δ49Ti values similar to that of the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) while high-Ti lunar basalts display small enrichment in the heavy Ti isotopes. This is best interpreted in terms of source heterogeneity resulting from Ti stable isotope fractionation associated with ilmenite–melt equilibrium during the generation of the mantle source of high-Ti lunar mare basalts. The similarity in δ49Ti between terrestrial samples and low-Ti lunar basalts provides strong evidence that the Earth and Moon have identical stable Ti isotope compositions.
Citation
Millet, M., Dauphas, N., Greberb, N., Burton, K., Dale, C., Debret, B., …Williams, H. (2016). Titanium stable isotope investigation of magmatic processes on the Earth and Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 449, 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.039
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 24, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 9, 2016 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jun 23, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 9, 2017 |
Journal | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
Print ISSN | 0012-821X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 449 |
Pages | 197-205 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.039 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1401788 |
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