Diffusive fractionation of noble gases in mantle with magma channels: Origin of low He/Ar in mantle-derived rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 167-174

  Yamamoto, Junji ^a,b   Nishimura, Koshi ^b   Sugimoto, Takeshi ^b,c   Takemura, Keiji ^b   Takahata, Naoto ^d   Sano, Yuji ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JMC Geothermal Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

diffusive fractionation; magma migration; mantle xenolith; noble gases; phenocryst; SCLM

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVE FRACTIONATION; MAGMA MIGRATION; MANTLE XENOLITH; NOBLE GASES; PHENOCRYST; SCLM;

CRYSTALS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARGON;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NOBLE GAS; PHENOCRYST; PYROXENE; VOLCANIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 62549129785     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Baxter E.F., Asimow P.D., and Farley K.A. Grain boundary partitioning of Ar and He. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71 (2007) 434-451
2. Buikin A., Trieloff M., Hopp J., Althaus T., Korochantseva E., Schwarz W.H., and Altherr R. Noble gas isotopes suggest deep mantle plume source of late Cenozoic mafic alkaline volcanism in Europe. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 230 (2005) 143-162
3. Burnard P.G. Diffusive fractionation of noble gases and helium isotopes during mantle melting. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 220 (2004) 287-295
4. Burnard P., Graham D., and Turner G. Vesicle-specific noble gas analyses of "popping rock": implications for primordial noble gases in Earth. Science 276 (1997) 568-571
5. Carroll M.R., and Stolper E.M. Argon solubility and diffusion in silica glass: implications for the solution behavior of molecular gases. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55 (1991) 211-225
6. Carroll M.R., and Stolper E.M. Noble gas solubilities in silicate melts and glasses: new experimental results for argon and the relationship between solubility and ionic porosity. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57 (1993) 5039-5051
7. Gautheron C., and Moreira M. Helium signature of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 199 (2002) 39-47
8. Gautheron C., Moreira M., and Allègre C. He, Ne and Ar composition of the European lithospheric mantle. Chem. Geol. 217 (2005) 97-112
9. Graham D.W. Noble gas isotope geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge and ocean island basalts: characterization of mantle source reservoirs. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 47 (Noble Gases in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Edited by Porcelli, D., Ballentine, C. J., Wieler, R.) (2002), The Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC 247-317
10. Graham D.W., Humphris S.E., Jenkins W.J., and Kurz M.D. Helium isotope geochemistry of some volcanic rocks from Saint Helena. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 110 (1992) 121-131
11. Graham D.W., Jenkins W.J., Schilling J.-G., Thompson G., Kurz M.D., and Humphris S.E. Helium isotope geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts from the South Atlantic. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 110 (1992) 133-147
12. Guillot B., and Sarda P. The effect of compression on noble gas solubility in silicate melts and consequences for degassing at mid-ocean ridges. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70 (2006) 1215-1230
13. Harrison D., Barry T., and Turner G. Possible diffusive fractionation of helium isotopes in olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts. Eur. J. Mineral. 16 (2004) 213-220
14. Heber V.S., Brooker R.A., Kelley S.P., and Wood B.J. Crystal-melt partitioning of noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon) for olivine and clinopyroxene. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71 (2007) 1041-1061
15. Honda M., and Patterson D.B. Systematic elemental fractionation of mantle-derived helium, neon, and argon in mid-oceanic ridge glasses. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 (1999) 2863-2874
16. Honda M., McDougall I., Patterson D.B., Doulgeris A., and Clague D.A. Noble gases in submarine pillow basalt glasses from Loihi and Kilauea, Hawaii: a solar component in Earth. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57 (1993) 859-874
17. Hopp J., Trieloff M., and Altherr R. Noble gas compositions of the lithospheric mantle below the Chyulu Hills volcanic field, Kenya. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 261 (2007) 635-648
18. Hoshizumi H., Ono K., Mimura K., and Noda T. Geology of the Beppu district. Quadrangle Series of Geological Survey of Japan Fukuoka vol. (14) 75 (1988), GSJ, Ibaraki 137
19. Imura R., and Kobayashi T. Geological map of Kirishima volcano. AIST-GSJ, Geological Map of Volcanoes, No. 11 (2001)
20. Jambon A., Weber H.W., and Braun O. Solubility of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe in a basalt melt in the range 1250-1600. Geochemical implications. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50 (1986) 401-408
21. Jochum K.P., Hofmann A.W., Ito E., Seufert H.M., and White W.M. K, U and Th in mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses and heat production, K/U and K/Rb in the mantle. Nature 306 (1983) 431-436
22. Kim K.H., Nagao K., Tanaka T., Sumino H., Nakamura T., Okuno M., Lock J.B., Youn J.S., and Song J. He-Ar and Nd-Sr isotopic compositions of ultramafic xenoliths and host alkali basalts from the Korean peninsula. Geochem. J. 39 (2005) 341-356
23. Kobayashi T., Tameike T., and Uto K. Aso central volcanic cones. Catalog of Quaternary Volcanoes in Japan (1999)
24. Kurz M.D. Cosmogenic helium in a terrestrial igneous rock. Nature 320 (1986) 435-439
25. Leya I., and Wieler R. Nucleogenic production of Ne isotopes in Earth's crust and upper mantle induced by alpha particles from the decay of U and Th. J. Geophys. Res. 104 (1999) 15439-15450
26. Marty B., Trull T., Lussiez P., and Tanguy J.C. He, Ar, O, Sr and Nd isotope constraints on the origin and evolution of Mount Etna magmatism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 126 (1994) 23-39
27. 6Ar ratio of the undepleted mantle; a reevaluation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 22 (1995) 1937-1940
28. 4He ratio of the new internal He standard of Japan (HESJ). Geochem. J. 36 (2002) 191-195
29. Matsumoto T., Honda M., McDougall I., O' Reilly S.Y., Norman M., and Yaxley G. Noble gases in pyroxenites and metasomatised peridotites from the Newer Volcanics, southeastern Australia: implications for mantle metasomatism. Chem. Geol. 168 (2000) 49-73
30. Matsumoto T., Chen Y., and Matsuda J. Concomitant occurrence of primordial and recycled noble gases in the Earth's mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 185 (2001) 35-47
31. Matsumoto T., Morishita T., Matsuda J., Fujioka T., Takebe M., Yamamoto K., and Arai S. Noble gases in the Finero phlogopite-peridotites, western Italian Alps. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 238 (2005) 130-145
32. Moreira M., and Sarda P. Noble gas constraints on degassing processes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 176 (2000) 375-386
33. Moreira M., and Madureira P. Cosmogenic helium and neon in 11 Myr old ultramafic xenoliths: consequences for mantle signatures in old samples. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 6 (2005) Q08006 10.1029/2005GC000939
34. Nakada S., and Kamata H. Petrogenetical relationship of basalts and andesites in southern part of the Shimabara peninsula, Kyushu, Japan. Bull. Volcanol. Soc. Jpn. 33 (1988) 273-289
35. Nakada S., and Kamata H. Temporal change in chemistry of magma source under Central Kyushu, Southwest Japan: progressive contamination of mantle wedge. Bull. Volcanol. 53 (1991) 182-194
36. 2 bearing silicate liquids at moderate pressure II: the extended ionic porosity (EIP) model. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 183 (2000) 499-512
37. Nuccio P.M., Paonita A., Rizzo A., and Rosciglione A. Elemental and isotope covariation of noble gases in mineral phases from Etnean volcanics erupted during 2001-2005, and genetic relation with peripheral gas discharges. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 272 (2008) 683-690
38. Ohta T., Hasenaka T., Ban M., and Sasaki M. Characteristic geology and petrology of non-arc type volcanism at Oninomi monogenetic volcano, Yufu-Tsurumi graben. Bull. Volcanol. Soc. Jpn. 37 (1992) 119-131
39. Patterson D.B., Honda M., and McDougall I. Noble gases in mafic phenocrysts and xenoliths from New Zealand. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58 (1994) 4411-4427
40. Poreda R.J., and Farley K.A. Rare gases in Samoan xenoliths. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 113 (1992) 129-144
41. Sano Y., Tokutake T., and Takahata N. Accurate measurement of atmospheric helium isotopes. Anal. Sci. 24 (2008) 521-525
42. Sarda P., and Graham D. Mid-ocean ridge popping rocks: implications for degassing at ridge crests. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 97 (1990) 268-289
43. Sarda P., and Moreira M. Vesiculation and vesicle loss in mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses: He, Ne, Ar elemental fractionation and pressure influence. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66 (2002) 1449-1458
44. 4He measured ratio. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64 (2000) 3751-3762
45. 2 system. Geophys. Res. Lett. 23 (1996) 3139-3142
46. Shibata T., Takahashi E., and Matsuda J. Solubility of neon, argon, krypton, and xenon in binary and ternary silicate systems: a new view on noble gas solubility. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62 (1998) 1241-1253
47. 3He. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 217 (2003) 19-32
48. 4He in quartz. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69 (2005) 2349-2359
49. Staudacher T., Sarda P., Richardson S.H., Allègre C.J., Sagna I., and Dmitriev L.V. Noble gases in basalt glasses from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge topographic high at 14′N:geodynamic consequences. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 96 (1989) 119-133
50. Sugimoto T., Ishibashi H., Wakamatsu S., and Yanagi T. Petrologic evolution of Pre-Unzen and Unzen magma chambers beneath the Shimabara Peninsula, Kyushu, Japan: evidence from petrography and bulk rock chemistry. Geochem. J. 39 (2005) 241-256
51. Takazawa E., Frey F.A., Shimizu N., Saal A., and Obata M. Polybaric petrogenesis of mafic layers in the Horoman peridotite complex, Japan. J. Petrol. 40 (1999) 1827-1851
52. Tomiya A. Volume of mantle diapir compatible with life span of a typical island-arc volcano. Bull. Volcanol. Soc. Jpn. 36 (1991) 211-221
53. Toshida K., Uto K., and Matsumoto A. K-Ar dating of Kimpo volcano, Northern Ryukyu arc. Bull. Volcanol. Soc. Jpn. 51 (2006) 31-40
54. 4He mobility in olivine and clinopyroxene at magmatic temperatures. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57 (1993) 1313-1324
55. Trull T.W., and Kurz M.D. Isotopic fractionation accompanying helium diffusion in basaltic glass. J. Mol. Struct. 485-486 (1999) 555-567
56. Valbracht P.J., Honda M., Matsumoto T., Mattielli N., McDougall I., Ragettli R., and Weis D. Helium, neon and argon isotope systematics in Kerguelen ultramafic xenoliths: implications for mantle source signatures. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 138 (1996) 29-38
57. Wetherill G.W. Variations in the isotopic abundances of neon and argon extracted from radioactive minerals. Phys. Rev. 96 (1954) 679-683
58. 36Ar ratio in mantle xenoliths from Far Eastern Russia. Chem. Geol. 207 (2004) 237-259
59. Yamamoto, J., Nakai, S., Nishimura, K., Kaneoka, I., Kagi, H., Sato, K., Okumura, T., Prikhod'ko, V.S., Arai, S., in press. Intergranular trace elements in mantle xenoliths from Russian Far East: an example for mantle metasomatism by hydrous melt. The Island Arc. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.2008.00642.x.
60. Yatsevich I., and Honda M. Production of nucleogenic neon in the Earth from natural radiogenic decay. J. Geophys. Res. 102 B5 (1997) 10291-10298
61. 3He released by vacuum crushing. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 6 (2005) 10.1029/2004GC000836