Hafnium isotope results from mid-ocean ridges and Kerguelen.
LITHOS
By: P. J. Patchett
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Abstract
176Hf/177Hf ratios are presented for oceanic volcanic rocks representing both extremes of the range of mantle Hf-Nd-Sr isotopic variation. Hf from critical mid-ocean ridge basalts shows that 176Hf/177Hf does indeed have a greater variability than 143Nd/144Nd and 87Sr/86Sr in the depleted mantle. This extra variation is essentially of a random nature, and can perhaps be understood in terms of known Rb/Sr-Sm/Nd-Lu/Hf fractionation relationships. At the other extreme of mantle isotopic compositions, 176Hf/177Hf ratios for igneous rocks from the Indian Ocean island of Kerguelen show a closely similar variation to published 143Nd/144Nd ratios for the same samples. Comparison of Hf-Nd-Sr isotopic relatonships for Tristan da Cunha, Kerguelen and Samoa reveals divergences in the mantle array for ocean-island magma sources, and perhaps suggests that these irregularities are largely the result of an extra component of 87Sr/86Sr variation.-G.R.
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Patchett, P., 1983, Hafnium isotope results from mid-ocean ridges and Kerguelen.: LITHOS, v. 16, no. 1, p. 47-51, https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-4937(83)90033-6.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Hafnium isotope results from mid-ocean ridges and Kerguelen. |
| Series title | LITHOS |
| DOI | 10.1016/0024-4937(83)90033-6 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | LITHOS |
| First page | 47 |
| Last page | 51 |