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The vertical distributions of10Be and9Be at three locations in the Pacific (25°N, 170°E; 17°N, 118°W; 3°S, 117°W) are presented. The results show that both isotopes exhibit nutrient-like profiles. From the surface to the bottom, the increase for10Be is two- to threefold and that for9Be is about fivefold. While the inter-station variations in surface water concentrations may reach a factor of two, deep-water values tend to be much more uniform averaging about 2000 atoms/g for10Be and 30 pM for9Be. A similar situation applies to the10Be/9Be ratio; it varies approximately from 1 to 3 × 10−7 (atom/atom) at shallow depths but tends toward a value close to 1.1 × 10−7 in the deep ocean. The variation of10Be/9Be can be viewed as resulting from the fact that10Be in a given parcel of water consists of two components: recycled and primary. The recycled component is that part of10Be which has reached tracer equilibrium with9Be, as opposed to the primary component which, upon entering the sea from the atmosphere, has yet to equilibrate with9Be through particle cycling and mixing processes. It is estimated that 70% to nearly 100% of10Be at the three stations are being recycled, and the recycled beryllium bears an atomic ratio of10Be/9Be close to 1 × 10−7. The oceanic residence time of Be is of the order of 1000–4000 years, comparable to or slightly longer than the ocean mixing time.  相似文献   

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Beryllium isotopes (10Be and9Be) have been measured in suspended particles of < 1 mm size collected by mid-water sediment traps deployed in the eastern Pacific at MANOP sites H (6°32′N, 92°50′W, water depth 3600 m) and M (8°50′N, 104°00′W, 3100 m). For comparison, surface sediments from box cores taken from the two sites were also studied. The concentrations of10Be and9Be in sediment-trap particles are about an order of magnitude smaller than those in the bottom sediments which contain about 8 × 109 and 6 × 1016 atoms g−1 of10Be and9Be, respectively. The sediment trap samples collected from 50 m off the bottom showed significant (26–63%) contributions from resuspended bottom sediments. The10Be/9Be ratio in trap samples varies from 3 to 20 × 10−8. The variation may partly result from varied proportion of authigenic/detrital material. The fluxes of both isotopes exhibit a very strong seasonality. The fluxes of10Be into the traps at about 1500 m are estimated as 9 × 105 and 4 × 105 atoms cm−2 a−1 at sites H and M respectively. These values are to be compared with the fluxes into the sediments of 4–5 × 105 atoms cm−2 a−1 at both locations. Good correlations exist between10Be,9Be and27Al indicating that the primary carrier phase(s) for the beryllium isotopes in the water column may be aluminosilicates.  相似文献   

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A model of10Be deposition within the subarctic and arctic is developed based on the behavior of90Sr in the troposphere. Measured10Be fluxes, based on analyses of10Be in one year's snow fall (1979–1980) from the Dye-3 site in southwest Greenland and on published data, and predicted10Be fluxes, based on the10Be deposition model, agree. These results indicate that with regard to10Be, the troposphere north of 40°N to 45°N presently behaves as if it is well-mixed and that the average precipitation rate within that reservoir controls in large part the concentration of10Be in Greenland ice. Inversion of the Greenland ice core10Be concentration record with the aid of the model indicates: (1) that the average precipitation rate in the subarctic and arctic was lower than the present rate during the Maunder minimum of solar activity, and higher than the present rate during the Wolf and Sporer solar activity minimums; and (2) that during the Wisconsin-Holocene transition the average precipitation rate in the subarctic and arctic was about one third the present precipitation rate.  相似文献   

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Garnets in an amphibolite-facies metasediment from Sulitjelma, North Norway yield precise and concordant SmNd, UPb and RbSr ages that relate directly to the pressure (P) and temperature (T) conditions of mineral growth. Differential mineral reaction between graphitic and non-graphitic layers within this sample preserves a record of theP-T and time (t) history experienced during Barrovian regional metamorphism. Garnets in graphitic layers grew during prograde metamorphism at462 ± 16°C and5.2 ± 0.5 kbar under conditions of lowaH2O, and yield indistinguishable147Sm143Nd and238U206Pb ages of434.1 ± 1.2 Ma and433.9 ± 1.0 Ma, respectively. In contrast, garnet growth in adjacent graphite-free layers did not occur untilP-T conditions of540 ± 18°C and8.0 ± 1.0 kbar were attained, with continued growth in response to minor heating and decompression with final matrix equilibration at544 ± 16°C and7.0 ± 1.0 kbar. The inclusion-free garnet rims in this assemblage record indistinguishable147Sm143Nd and238U206Pb ages of424.6 ± 1.2 Ma and423.4± 1.7 Ma, respectively. These results provide precise estimates for average heating and burial rates during prograde metamorphism of 8.6−4.4+7.5°C Ma−1 and 0.8−0.5+0.9 km Ma−1, respectively. Rb and Sr exchange between coexisting silicates in the graphite-free assemblage continued for some 37 Ma after the “peak” of metamorphism, and require an average cooling rate of about 4.0°C Ma−1 during uplift. These results illustrate a clear relationship between reaction history and the timing of mineral growth and provide definitive constraints on the rates of thermal and tectonic processes accompanying regional metamorphism.  相似文献   

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A comprehensive study of the cosmic-ray exposure history of five ordinary chondrites from China was carried out using measurements of the noble gas isotopic abundances and10Be concentrations. The following average cosmic-ray exposure ages, based on cosmogenic21Ne and on81KrKr dating were obtained: Zhaodong (L4) — 15.7 ± 3.0 m.y., Nan Yang Pao (L6) — 48 ± 10.0 m.y., Guangrao (L6) — 16.8 ± 3.5 m.y., and Lunan (H6) — 26.7 ± 5.0 m.y. The H5 chondrite Zaoyang was exposed for only 0.90 ± 0.12 m.y. to galactic cosmic rays as calculated from the10Be activity and from the low amounts of cosmic-ray-produced noble gases. The Zhaodong chondrite contains large amounts of80Kr and82Kr produced by neutron capture of bromine. From the high slowing down density for neutrons we derive a preatmospheric mass of more than 1800 kg for this meteorite.  相似文献   

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Cosmogenic exposure dating of moraines during the last two decades has vastly improved knowledge on the timing of glaciation worldwide. Due to a variety of geologic complications, such as moraine degradation, snow cover, bedrock erosion and isotopic inheritance, samples from multiple large boulders (>1–2 m) often lead to the most accurate moraine age assignments. However, in many cases, large boulders are not available on moraines of interest. Here, I test the suitability of pebble collections from moraine crest surfaces as a sample type for exposure dating. Twenty-two 10Be ages from two Pleistocene lateral moraine crests in Pine Creek valley in the upper Arkansas River basin, Colorado, were calculated from both pebble and boulder samples. Ten 10Be ages from a single-crested Bull Lake lateral moraine range between 3 and 72 ka, with no statistical difference between pebble (n = 5) and boulder (n = 5) ages. The lack of a cluster of 10Be ages suggests that moraine degradation has led to anomalously young exposure ages. Twelve 10Be ages from a single-crested Pinedale lateral moraine have a bimodal age distribution; one mode is 22.0 ± 1.4 ka (three boulders, two pebble collections), the other is 15.2 ± 0.9 ka (two boulders, five pebble collections). The interpretation of the two age modes is that two glacier maxima of similar extent were attained during the late Pleistocene. Regardless of moraine age interpretations, that 10Be ages from pebble collections and boulders are indistinguishable on moraines of two different ages, and in two different age modes of the Pinedale moraine, suggests that pebble collections from moraine crests may serve as a suitable sample type in some settings.  相似文献   

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Mercury deposition histories have been scarcely documented in the southern hemisphere. A sediment core was collected from the ecologically important estuarine floodplain of the Berg River (South Africa). We establish the concentration of Hg in this 210Pb-dated sediment core at <50 ng g−1 HgT throughout the core, but with 1.3 ng g−1 methylmercury in surface sediments. The 210Pb dating of the core provides a first record of mercury deposition to the site and reveals the onset of enhanced mercury deposition in 1970. The ratio of methylmercury to total mercury is relatively high in these sediments when compared to other wetlands.  相似文献   

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A simple model for reconstructing the paleomagnetic field intensity with 10Be production rate was used for the first time in Loess 10Be studies of Luochuan profile. Using the LGM (Last Glacial Maxmium) method, the climatic effects and geomagnetic modulation effects on loess 10Be was separated and in turn the 80 ka geomagnetic excursion sequence reconstructed, of which the globally remarkable geomagnetic excursion events such as the Laschamp (42 ka), Mono Lake (32 ka) during the Last Glacial period were revealed and the paleo-geomagnetic intensity curve from Loess 10Be over the past 80 ka was quantitatively reconstructed. The reconstructed paleo-intensity fits well with the paleo-intensity curves (SINT200 and NAPIS75), which indicates the significance of global criterion of the 10Be paleo-intensity curve and the future direction of loess 10Be tracing studies. Results show the irregular variability of the East Asian monsoon precipitation in Loess Plateau is the main cause that has resulted in the ambiguity of the geomagnetic modulation of the 10Be record in the loess, and the intrinsic source component of the loess 10Be and inherited fraction of magnetic susceptibility (SUS) are characterized by the “quasi-homogeneous distribution” manner. Supported by the Key Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-118), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos: 40531003, 40121303, 40523002) and State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology in the Institute of Earth Environment of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. SKLLQG0712)  相似文献   

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The surface water of the Japan Sea contained226Ra of70 ± 4dpm m−3 which was nearly equal to that of the surface water in the North Pacific. The concentration of226Ra in the Japan Sea deep water below 500 m was151 ± 8dpm m−3, showing a vertically and regionally small variation. This concentration of226Ra in the deep water is unexpectedly high, because the Japan Sea deep water has a higher Δ14 C value by about 50‰ than the Atlantic deep water containing the same226Ra. One of the causes to be considered is larger contribution of226Ra from biogenic particles dissolving in the Japan Sea deep water, but the Japan Sea is not so fertile in comparison to the Bering Sea. The other more plausible cause is the internal ventilation of the Japan Sea water, which means that the residence time of the Japan Sea Proper water is considerably long although the water is vertically mixed fairly well especially in winter. The ventilation may supply some amounts of radiocarbon and oxygen but does not change the inventory of226Ra. The residence times of the Japan Sea deep water and of water within the Japan Sea are calculated by solving simultaneous equations for226Ra and14C with a three-box model to be 300–400 years and 700–1000 years, respectively.  相似文献   

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We have developed techniques to measure the230Th abundance in corals by isotope dilution mass spectrometry. This, coupled with our previous development of mass spectrometric techniques for234U and232Th measurement, has allowed us to reduce significantly the analytical errors in238U234U230Th dating and greatly reduce the sample size. We show that 6 × 108 atoms of230Th can be measured to ±30‰ (2σ) and 2 × 1010 atoms of230Th to ±2‰. The time over which useful age data on corals can be obtained ranges from a few years to 500 ky. The uncertainty in age, based on analytical errors, is ±5 y (2σ) for a 180 year old coral (3 g), ±44 y at 8294 years and ±1.1 ky at 123.1 ky (250 mg of coral). We also report232Th concentrations in corals (0.083–1.57 pmol/g) that are more than two orders of magnitude lower than previous values. Ages with high analytical precision were determined for several corals that grew during high sea level stands 120 ky ago. These ages lie specifically within or slightly postdate the Milankovitch insolation high at 128 ky and support the idea that the dominant cause of Pleistocene climate change is Milankovitch forcing.  相似文献   

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Precipitation collected in continuously open containers for about a year at seven sites around the United States was analyzed for10Be,90Sr,210Pb and238U. Based on these data and long-term precipitation,90Sr and210Pb delivery patterns, the stratospheric, tropospheric and recycled10Be components in the collections were estimated and the global10Be production rate was assessed. Single station production rate estimates range from 0.52 × 106 atoms cm−2 yr−1 to 2.64 × 106 atoms cm−2 yr−1. The mean value is 1.21 × 106 atoms cm−2 yr−1 with a standard error of 0.26 × 106 atoms cm−2 yr−1.  相似文献   

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The vertical distribution of Hg and Pb were determined in a sediment core collected from the Sagua estuary (North Cuba) that receives input from the Sagua river, one of the most polluted rivers discharging into the Cuban coastal environment. Depth profiles of metal concentrations were converted to time-based profiles using the 210Pb dating method and confirmed with the 137Cs fallout peak. The mean mass accumulation rate was estimated to be 0.17 ± 0.04 g cm−2 y−1 (mean sediment accumulation rate 0.52 ± 0.13 cm y−1) and the core bottom was estimated to date back about 130 years. The historical sedimentary record showed a strong enrichment of mercury concentrations in the past decades, caused by the incomplete treatment of industrial wastes from a chlor-alkali plant with mercury-cell technology in the Sagua river basin. Lead fluxes to sediments showed a gradual increase from the 1920s to present, which agrees with a population increase in Sagua la Grande City. Fluxes of both metals have increased the past 25 years, with values reaching a maximum of 0.5 and 3.9 μg cm−2 y−1 for Hg and Pb, respectively.  相似文献   

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The concentrations of7Be have been measured in Pacific and Atlantic ocean water for the past several years to determine the deposition velocity of aerosol particles on the ocean surface.7Be is produced at a relatively constant rate in the atmosphere by spallation reactions of cosmic rays with atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen. Immediately after its formation7Be becomes attached to aerosol particles, and therefore can serve as tracers of the subsequent behavior of these particles. Isopleths of7Be surface water concentrations,7Be inventory in the ocean, and deposition velocity have been prepared for the Pacific Ocean from 30°S to 60°N and for the Atlantic Ocean from 10°N to 55°N. The concentrations, inventories and deposition velocities tended to be higher in regions where precipitation was high, and generally increased with latitude. The average flux of7Be across the ocean surface was calculated to be 0.027 atoms cm?2 s?1 which is probably not significantly greater than the worldwide average7Be flux across land and ocean surfaces of 0.022 atoms cm?2 s?1 calculated by Lal and Peters. The average deposition velocity was calculated to be 0.80 cm s?1. This value may be 10–50% too low, since it was calculated using atmospheric7Be concentrations which were measured at continental stations. Measurements of atmospheric7Be concentrations at ocean stations suggest that the concentrations at the continental stations averaged 10–50% higher than the concentrations over the ocean.  相似文献   

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Loading by atmosphere and by the Baltic Sea cause gravity change at Metsähovi, located 15 km from the open sea. Gravity is changed by both the Newtonian attraction of the loading mass and by the crustal deformation. We have performed loading calculations using appropriate Green's function for both gravity and deformation, for both atmospheric and Baltic loading. The loading by atmosphere has been computed using a detailed surface pressure field from high resolution limited area model (HIRLAM) for north Europe up to 10° distances. Baltic Sea level is modelled using tide gauge records. Calculations show that 1 m of uniform layer of water corresponds to 31 nm s−2 in gravity and −11 mm in height. Modelled loading is compared with observations of the superconducting gravimeter T020 for years 1994–2002. The combination of HIRLAM and a tide gauge record decreases RMS of gravity residuals by 14% compared to single admittance in air pressure corrections without sea level data. Regression of gravity residuals on the tide gauge record at Helsinki (at 30 km distance) gives a gravity effect of 26 nm s−2 m−1 for Baltic loading.The gravity station is co-located with a permanent GPS station. We have also associated the loading effects of the atmosphere and of the Baltic Sea with temporal height variations. The range of modelled vertical motion due to air pressure was 46 mm and that due to sea level 18 mm. The total range was 38 mm. The effects of the Baltic Sea and of the atmosphere partly cancel each other, since at longer periods the inverse barometer assumption is valid. Regression of the modelled height on local air pressure gives −0.37 mm hPa−1, corresponding approximately to width 6° for pressure system.We have tested the models using one year of daily GPS data. Multilinear regression on local air pressure and sea level in Helsinki gives the coefficient −0.34 mm hPa−1 for pressure, and −11 mm m−1 for sea level. These match model values. Loading by air pressure and Baltic Sea explains nearly 40% of the variance of daily GPS height solutions.  相似文献   

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The radionuclides137Cs,210Pb and7Be have been examined in the alpine Rhoˆne watershed (Switzerland) during a period of two years in order to evaluate their usefulness as tracers of the removal and transport rate of top-soil particles and particle-reactive contaminants of atmospheric origin. The specific activities of the radionuclides in fluvial suspension show a distinct seasonal pattern which depends on the hydrologic regime of the stream and the sources of the suspended matter. Input-output budgets based on the atmospheric deposition and fluvial removal of three radionuclides in the alpine Rhoˆne watershed are used to estimate their erosional residence times. The simplest one box model yields mean residence times of about 800 and 1400 years for137Cs and210Pb, respectively. The removal rate of short-lived7Be suggests that a part of the watershed (0.6–2.3% of the total surface) is exposed to a rapid erosion, in which the mean residence time of the radionuclides is in the range of 1–220 days. This has little influence on the calculated residence time of137Cs but increases the estimated residence time of210Pb in soil to over 1800 years. The use of210Pb-7Be pair in fluvial output may be very helpful in the assessment of the impact of atmospheric pollutants on the water quality in rivers and lakes.  相似文献   

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Pressure–volume–temperature relations have been measured to 32 GPa and 2073 K for natural magnesite (Mg0.975Fe0.015Mn0.006Ca0.004CO3) using synchrotron X-ray diffraction with a multianvil apparatus at the SPring-8 facility. A least-squares fit of the room-temperature compression data to a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state (EOS) yielded K0 = 97.1 ± 0.5 GPa and K′ = 5.44 ± 0.07, with fixed V0 = 279.55 ± 0.02 Å3. Further analysis of the high-temperature compression data yielded the temperature derivative of the bulk modulus (∂KT/∂T)P = −0.013 ± 0.001 GPa/K and zero-pressure thermal expansion α = a0 + a1T with a0 = 4.03 (7) × 10−5 K−1 and a1 = 0.49 (10) × 10−8 K−2. The Anderson–Grüneisen parameter is estimated to be δT = 3.3. The analysis of axial compressibility and thermal expansivity indicates that the c-axis is over three times more compressible (KTc = 47 ± 1 GPa) than the a-axis (KTc = 157 ± 1 GPa), whereas the thermal expansion of the c-axis (a0 = 6.8 (2) × 10−5 K−1 and a1 = 2.2 (4) × 10−8 K−2) is greater than that of the a-axis (a0 = 2.7 (4) × 10−5 K−1 and a1 = −0.2 (2) × 10−8 K−2). The present thermal EOS enables us to accurately calculate the density of magnesite to the deep mantle conditions. Decarbonation of a subducting oceanic crust containing 2 wt.% magnesite would result in a 0.6% density reduction at 30 GPa and 1273 K. Using the new EOS parameters we performed thermodynamic calculations for magnesite decarbonation reactions at pressures to 20 GPa. We also estimated stability of magnesite-bearing assemblages in the lower mantle.  相似文献   

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The concentrations and isotopic compositions of argon, krypton and xenon have been determined in a grain size suite of zircons separated from pyroxene syenite of the Botnavatn Igneous Complex, southwestern Norway. The UPb systematics of these zircons has been studied previously.Kr and Xe are mixtures of fissiogenic gas from the spontaneous fission of238U and a component with atmospheric isotopic composition. From correlation diagrams the fissiogenic component is determined to be:83Kr :84Kr :86Kr = (4.6 ± 1.3) : (11.0 ± 2.0) : 100 and129Xe :131Xe :132Xe :134Xe :136Xe = (0.6 ± 0.3) : (8.8 ± 0.2) : (56.8 ± 0.3) : (82.8 ± 0.4) : 100. The fissiogenic136Xe/86Kr is 6.0 ± 0.4.The Ar isotopic composition shows radiogenic40Ar and a small excess of38Ar. The excess38Ar of about 1 × 10−11 cm3 STP/g can be explained by reactions of α-particles with chlorine. Asymmetric fission of238U which has been postulated to cause argon isotope anomalies in U-rich minerals is unnecessary to explain the observed38Ar concentrations.UXe ages are (1.19 ± 0.07) Ga, in agreement with UPb ages. However, if the recoil loss of fissiogenic Xe is considered the UXe ages of these zircons are about 1.53 Ga, which is comparable with the KAr ages and some RbSr ages observed in basement rocks in this region. The uncertainty of the product of fission yield times spontaneous fission decay constant of238U prevents to decide which age is the true crystallization age.  相似文献   

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Oxygen self diffusion rates were determined in quartz samples exchanged with18O-enriched CO2 between 745 and 900°C and various pressures, and the diffusion profiles were measured using an ion microprobe. The activation energy (Q) and preexponential factor (D0) at P(CO2) = P(tot) = 100 bar, for diffusion parallel to the c-axis are 159 ( ± 13) kJ/g atom and 2.10 (+0.75/ −0.55) × 10−8 cm2/s. This rate is approximately 100 times slower than that obtained from hydrothermal experiments and 100 times faster than a previous 1-bar quartz-O2 exchange experiment. The oxygen diffusion rate measured at 0.6 bar, 888°C, and at 900°C in vacuum is in agreement with the previous 1-bar exchange experiments with18O2. The effect of higher CO2 pressures is small. At 900°C, the diffusion rate exchanged with CO2 is = 2.35 × 10−15 cm2/s at 100 bar, 2.24 × 10−15 cm2/s at 3.45 kbar and 8.13 × 10−15 cm2/s at 7.2 kbar.There is probably a diffusing species, other than oxygen, that enhances the oxygen diffusion rate in these quartz-CO2 systems, relative to that occurring at very low pressures or in a vacuum. The effect of this diffusing species, however, is not as strong as that associated with H2O. Preserved oxygen isotope fractionations between coexisting minerals in a slowly cooled, high-grade metamorphic terrane will vary depending upon whether a water-rich phase was present or not. Closure temperatures will be approximately 100°C higher in rocks where no water-rich phase was present during cooling. The measured fractionations between coexisting minerals in metamorphic rocks may potentially be used as a sensor of water presence during retrogression.  相似文献   

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Temperature and methane records over the last 2 ka in Dasuopu ice core   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  
High resolution δ18O and methane records over the last 2ka have been reconstructed from Dasuopu ice core recovered from the Himalayas. Analysis shows that the δ18O record correlates well with the Northern Hemispheric temperature, Dunde ice core record, and with temperature record in eastern China. The warming trend detected in δ18O record from the last century is similar to that during the Medieval warm period. There is a dramatic increasing in methane concentration in the Dasuopu ice core, which reached 1031 nmol ⋅ mol-1 in 1997. Moreover, methane concentration in the Dasuopu ice core is about 15%-20% higher than that in Antarctica and Greenland. There is a positive correlation between methane concentration and δ18O in Dasuopu ice core.  相似文献   

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The Long Valley Exploratory Well, at the center of the Resurgent Dome of Long Valley caldera, penetrated pre-caldera basement rocks at a depth of 2101.72–2313.0 m, beneath the caldera-forming Bishop Tuff and post-caldera Early Rhyolite. The basement rocks contain prominent quartzites, with ubiquitous milky white quartz veins (with minor calcite and pyrite) and fractures of varied orientation and geometry. The other members of the basement sequence are very fine-grained quartz-rich graphitic pelites with calcite veins, spotted hornfels, and shallow intrusive rocks. Previous studies established the presence of a post-caldera, paleohydrothermal system (500–100 ka) to a depth of 2000 m that affected the Bishop Tuff and a recent (40 ka to present) hydrothermal system at shallow depth (<1 km). The deeper extent of these hydrothermal activities is established in this paper by a detailed oxygen isotope analysis of the drill core samples. 238 analyses of δ18O in 50 quartz veins within the 163.57 m depth interval of basement rocks reveal extreme heterogeneity in δ18O values (8–19.5‰). Majorities of the 84 bulk analyses of quartzites show variation of δ18O within a narrow range of 14–16‰. However, certain samples of these quartzites near the contacts with veins and fractures exhibit sharp drops in δ18O. The interbedded pelitic rocks and spotted hornfels have whole-rock δ18O ranging from 2.2 to 11.8‰. Clear, euhedral vuggy quartz that partially fills earlier open fractures in both the quartzites and quartz veins, has distinctive δ18O, ranging between −3.2 and +8.4‰. Low values of δ18O are also found in the hydrothermal minerals and whole rocks adjacent to the thin veins, clearly indicating infiltration of meteoric water. Three distinct observed patterns of fractionation in δ18O between veins and host quartzites are analyzed with the principles of mass balance, equilibrium oxygen isotope fractionation in closed system, and kinetically controlled oxygen isotope exchange in an open system. This analysis suggests that the early quartz veins formed due to a magmatic-hydrothermal activity with no influx of external water once the system comprising the sedimentary envelope and a magmatic-hydrothermal fluid phase became closed. Two-stage isotopic exchange processes caused fractionation in the δ values that originally formed arrays with slope 1 in a δvein quartz–δhost quartzite space. Another array in the same space, with near zero slope was also formed due to variation in temperature, initial isotopic compositions of the quartzite sequence and the fluid phase. Variation in temperature was mostly in the range of 300–400°C giving Δ (=δvein quartz–δhost quartzite)≈−2.8 to +2.8. The δ18O of the fluid could range from −5 to +10; however a narrower range of +5 to +10 can explain the data. This episode of hydrothermal activity could take place either as a single pulse or in multiple pulses but each as a closed system. A later, fracture-controlled, meteoric water (δ18O−0.46 to −12.13) flow and interaction (at 250°C) is interpreted from the analysis of δ18O values of the coexisting quartz and calcite pairs and existence of markedly 18O-depleted pelitic horizons interbedded with 18O-enriched quartzite layers. Thus, the interpreted earlier magmatic-hydrothermal activity was overprinted by a later meteoric-hydrothermal activity that resulted in steep arrays of δ18O values in the δvein quartz–δhost quartzite space. Calculations show that the likely life span of the post-caldera, hydrothermal activity in the depth range of 2.1–2.3 km beneath Long Valley was 0.08–0.12 Ma. Diffusive ±advective transport of oxygen isotopes from fracture-channelized meteoric water to nearly impermeable wall rocks caused a lowering of δ18O values in the quartz over short distances and in calcites over greater distances. Thus, the hydrothermal activity appears pervasive even though the meteoric water flow was primarily controlled by fractures.  相似文献   

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