On ‘spurious’ correlations in Rb-Sr isochron diagrams |
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| Authors: | MH Dodson |
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| Institution: | Dept. of Earth Sciences, The University, Leeds LS29JT, England |
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| Abstract: | A general null hypothesis for isotope geochemistry states that the isotopic composition of an element is independent of its concentration or any other geochemical property of the population. ‘Spurious’ correlations between the ratios 87Sr/86Sr and 87Rb/86Sr (orRb/Sr), due to the common denominator effect, may be ruled out because they contradict this null hypothesis. Mixing processes may be regarded as geochemical counterparts of the common denominator effect. In geochronological systems which satisfy the basic assumptions of the Rb-Sr isochron method observed correlations between Sr isotope abundance and Sr concentration must be secondary to the direct causal dependence of 87Sr/86Sr upon Rb/Sr ratios. |
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