Melting rates beneath Hawaii: Evidence from uranium series isotopes in recent lavas |
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| Authors: | Anthony S Cohen R Keith O'Nions |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK |
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| Abstract: | 238U, 232Th, 230Th and 226Ra abundances have been measured in six samples of recent Hawaiian basalt by high precision mass spectrometry, in an attempt to compare the melting process in plumes and at spreading ridges. The data reveal a very small range in (230Th/238U) activity ratio up to a maximum value of 1.02 ± 0.01, and (226Ra/230Th) activity ratios which lie between 1.10 ± 0.015 and 1.19 ± 0.02. U Th and RaTh abundances are linearly correlated demonstrating that the disequilibria predate crystallisation and differentiation. Using recently published estimates for the bulk partition coefficients of U and Th, the results are consistent with melting rates > 10−3 kg m−3 a−1 at porosities < 10−3 for dynamic fractional melting in the garnet stability field. |
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