Coupled 186Os and 187Os evidence for core-mantle interaction

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Brandon, AD [1 ]
Walker, RJ
Morgan, JW
Norman, MD
Prichard, HM
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[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Geol, Isotope Geochem Lab, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Colorado State Univ, Dept Earth Resources, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[3] Macquarie Univ, Sch Earth Sci, GEMOC, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
[4] Univ Wales, Dept Earth Sci, Cardiff CF1 3YE, S Glam, Wales
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10.1126/science.280.5369.1570
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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摘要
Osmium isotopic analyses of picritic lavas from Hawaii show enrichments in the osmium-186/osmium-188 ratio (Os-186/Os-188) of 0.008 to 0.018%, relative to a chondritic upper mantle, that are positively correlated with enrichments in Os-187/Os-188 Of 5.4 to 9.0%. The most viable mechanism to produce these coupled Os-186 and Os-187 enrichments is by addition of 0.5 to 1 weight percent of outer core metal to a portion of the D " layer and subsequent upwelling of the mixture. These data suggest that some plumes originate at the core-mantle boundary and that Os isotopes may be used to distinguish plumes derived from shallow versus deep mantle sources.
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