Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jul 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005e%26psl.236..404k&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 236, Issue 1-2, p. 404-418.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
We report concentrations of in situ cosmogenic 10Be and 21Ne from coexisting quartz and sanidine separates and of cosmogenic 3He in coexisting Fe Ti-oxide minerals from ignimbritic successions of northern Chile (Oxaya and Lauca ignimbrites). New mineral-isotope pairs such as sanidine and Fe Ti-oxide minerals are helpful in quantitative geomorphology for geological settings where the lithology lacks the commonly used minerals quartz, pyroxene or olivine. Production rates in sanidine and Fe Ti-oxide minerals were determined by normalizing nuclide concentrations to established production rates in quartz. The experimentally determined production rates are compared to model production rates calculated with new cross-sections for 3He, 21Ne, and 10Be production from the individual target elements. The mean experimental 21Ne production rate for five sanidine samples is 30.4 ± 3.7 atoms g- 1 yr- 1 (30.4 ± 5.4 atoms g- 1 yr- 1 including the uncertainty of the 21Ne production rate in quartz, P21Neqtz). This is in excellent agreement with the modelled value of 28.3 atoms g- 1 yr- 1, which has an estimated uncertainty of 20%. The 21Ne production rate in sanidine is thus about 50% higher than that in quartz. The cosmogenic neon in sanidine is entirely released in low temperature steps (400 600 °C) and no signs of an interfering nucleogenic neon component were observed. This is in stark contrast to quartz and makes sanidine an attractive mineral for terrestrial cosmogenic neon studies. 3He diffuses out of the sanidine structure. Preliminary results also indicate that sanidine is well suited for 10Be studies. The mean experimental 10Be production rate from two sanidine samples is 4.45 ± 0.38 atoms g- 1 yr- 1 (4.45 ± 0.42 atoms g- 1 yr- 1 including uncertainty of P10Beqtz), very close to the modelled value of 4.55 atoms g- 1 yr- 1, which has an estimated uncertainty of 20%. We emphasize that 10Be and 21Ne production in sanidine is composition dependent. Therefore, major element analyses should be carried out and production rates calculated on a sample by sample basis. Fe Ti-oxide minerals retain 3He quantitatively. Experimentally derived production rates are in excellent agreement with new values derived from physical modelling. The mean experimental 3He production rate for five Fe Ti-oxide minerals samples is 120 ± 11 atoms g- 1 yr- 1 (120 ± 12 atoms g- 1 yr- 1 including the uncertainties of P21Neqtz), compared to a mean modelled value of 124 atoms g- 1 yr- 1, which has an estimated uncertainty of 20%. The variable chemical and structural composition of the solid solution lines of Fe Ti-oxide minerals has little effect on the total 3He production rate. Cosmogenic 21Ne is not produced in significant quantities in Fe Ti-oxide minerals due to the absence of suitable target elements.
Baur Holger
Ivy-Ochs Susan
Kober Florian
Kubik Peter W.
Leya Ingo
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