Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jul 1992
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Meteoritics, vol. 27, no. 3, volume 27, page 251
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
Since the pioneering study of Alvarez et al. on K/T boundary event, Ir has long been considered to be the main indicator of extraterrestrial materials in boundaries, while little work about Os and its isotopic composition have been done. In this work a sophisticated radiochemical separation procedure together with neutron activation analsis (NAA) method was established for the determination of Os in some geological boundaries (P epsilon/epsilon, K/T, D/C, O/S, P/T). Combined with our early work--determination of Ir abundances [1], the sources of boundary events were deciphered by using the Os/Ir ratios. Simultaneously ^184Os/^190Os ratios in K/T boundaries, as well as inclusions of Allende chondrite and acid-insoluble residues of iron meteorites (Nandan, Jianshi, Longchang) were determined to search for the Os isotopic composition anomalies resulted from the extrasolar components by RNAA. The results show that the Os abundances exhibit a positive correlation with the Ir abundances for overall K/T boundary samples, but only the Os/Ir ratios of K/T boundaries, with the average of 0.98 +- 0.55, are in excellent agreement with 1.01 of the solar system [2], Accordingly, it provides new evidence for an extraterrestrial source of the K/T event. The results of ^184Os/^190Os ratios, with uncertainties of less than 1%, indicate there is no remarkable ^184Os/^190Os ratio anomaly in the K/T boundary samples, which implies the impacting matter may be from the solar system not the extrasolar, while no anomaly exists in the inclusions of Allende chondrite and acid-insoluble residues of iron meteorites, which disagree with the results obtained by Goel [3]. REFERENCES [1] Chai Chifang (1988) Isotopenpraxis 24, pp. 257-272. [2] Anders E. and Grevesse N. (l989) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 197-214. [3] Goel P.S.(1987) Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci), 96, pp. 81-102.
Chai C.-F.
Liu Zheng-You
Mao Xue-Ying
Wang Jing-Xiu
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