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Lithium isotopic composition and concentration of the upper continental crust |
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| Authors: | F-Z Teng WF McDonough C Dalpé PB Tomascak BW Chappell |
| Institution: | 1 Geochemistry Laboratory, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A 2 Present address: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Forensic laboratory Services, Materials Profiling Section, P. O. Box 8885, 1200 Vanier Parkway, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3M8 3 ARC Key Center for the Geochemistry and Metallogeny of the Continents (GEMOC), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia 4 Department of Geochemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China 5 Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, P. R. China |
| Abstract: | The Li isotopic composition of the upper continental crust is estimated from the analyses of well-characterized shales, loess, granites and upper crustal composites (51 samples in total) from North America, China, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Correlations between Li, δ7Li, and chemical weathering (as measured by the Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA)), and δ7Li and the clay content of shales (as measured by Al2O3/SiO2), reflect uptake of heavy Li from the hydrosphere by clays. S-type granites from the Lachlan fold belt (-1.1 to -1.4‰) have δ7Li indistinguishable from their associated sedimentary rocks (-0.7 to 1.2‰), and show no variation in δ7Li throughout the differentiation sequence, suggesting that isotopic fractionation during crustal anatexis and subsequent differentiation is less than analytical uncertainty (±1‰, 2σ). The isotopically light compositions for both I- and S-type granites from the Lachlan fold belt (-2.5 to + 2.7 ‰) and loess from around the world (-3.1 to + 4.5‰) reflect the influence of weathering in their source regions. Collectively, these lithologies possess a limited range of Li isotopic compositions (δ7Li of −5‰ to + 5‰), with an average (δ7Li of 0 ± 2‰ at 1σ) that is representative of the average upper continental crust. Thus, the Li isotopic composition of the upper continental crust is lighter than the average upper mantle (δ7Li of + 4 ± 2‰), reflecting the influence of weathering on the upper crustal composition. The concentration of Li in the upper continental crust is estimated to be 35 ± 11 ppm (2σ), based on the average loess composition and correlations between insoluble elements (Ti, Nb, Ta, Ga and Al2O3, Th and HREE) and Li in shales. This value is somewhat higher than previous estimates (∼20 ppm), but is probably indistinguishable when uncertainties in the latter are accounted for. |
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