Paleomagnetism of samples from the axial zone of the Afar depression |
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| Authors: | CGA Harrison L Stieltjes E Tarasiewicz |
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| Institution: | 1. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Fla. 33149 (USA);2. Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, Service Géologique National, Orleans (France) |
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| Abstract: | We have studied Sm Nd systematics in pyroxene and phosphate mineral separates of Angra dos Reis. A pyroxene-phosphate internal isochron age ofT2 = 4.55 ± 0.04AE is obtained, in excellent agreement with reported Pb-Pb ages.142Nd/144Nd ratios in pyroxene samples are systematically larger than those in phosphates by 6 parts in 105. This variation is tentatively assigned to a radiogenic contribution from extinct146Sm. Fission xenon components in pyroxene and phosphate separates are characterized by discrete ratios of fission/spallation and evidence is presented for a third ratio in celsian. It is shown that this characteristic is due to a close association of244Pu with the light REE. Computed ratios244Pu/Nd are the same in pyroxene and phosphate separates, but244Pu/238U and244Pu/232Th ratios are not. Taking the fission xenon retention age to be 4.55 AE, we obtain an abundance ratio244Pu/Nd= 1.5 × 10?4 (or an atomic ratio244Pu/150Nd= 1.6 × 10?3) at this time and in the region of the solar system where the Angra dos Reis parent body formed. The exposure age of Angra dos Reis, as obtained by the81Kr-83Kr method is55.5 ± 1.2m.y. Neutron capture during the 55.5-m.y. exposure to cosmic rays increased the ratio150Sm/149Sm in Angra dos Reis by 6 parts in 104. |
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