Globally elevated titanium, tantalum, and niobium (TITAN) in ocean island basalts with high 3He/4He

Details Globally elevated titanium, tantalum, and niobium (TITAN) in ocean island basalts with high 3He/4He Globally elevated titanium, tantalum, and niobium (TITAN) in ocean island basalts with high 3He/4He

Apr 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ggg.....904027j&link_type=abstract

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Volume 9, Issue 4, CiteID Q04027

Physics

Geophysics

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Geochemistry: Composition Of The Mantle, Geochemistry: Major And Trace Element Geochemistry, Geochemistry: Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry

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We report evidence for a global Ti, Ta, and Nb (TITAN) enriched reservoir sampled by ocean island basalts (OIBs) with high 3He/4He ratios, an isotopic signature associated with the deep mantle. Excesses of Ti (and to a lesser degree Nb and Ta) correlate remarkably well with 3He/4He in a data set of global OIBs, demonstrating that a major element signature is associated with the high 3He/4He mantle. Additionally, we find that OIBs with high 3He/4He ratios have moderately radiogenic 187Os/188Os (>0.135). The TITAN enrichment and radiogenic 187Os/188Os in high 3He/4He OIBs indicate that they are melts of a mantle domain that hosts a nonprimitive (nonchondritic) component. The observation of TITAN enrichment in the high 3He/4He mantle may be important in balancing the Earth's budget for the TITAN elements. Understanding the origin of the TITAN enrichment is important for constraining the evolution of the enigmatic high 3He/4He mantle domain.

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