Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufm.p11c1603n&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #P11C-1603
Physics
[1028] Geochemistry / Composition Of Meteorites, [1041] Geochemistry / Stable Isotope Geochemistry, [6240] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Meteorites And Tektites
Scientific paper
Past oxygen isotopic analyses of the Bjurböle meteorite have been limited to whole rock and chondrule studies. We present here the first oxygen isotopic measurements of water contained in the matrix and chondrules of the L4 equilibrated ordinary chondrite Bjurböle. Water was extracted by vacuum pyrolysis from samples of separated matrix and chondrules from Bjurböle. A new, low volume, ultra low blank system was built specifically for these measurements. Each fraction was pumped overnight on a vacuum line to remove as much adsorbed terrestrial water as possible before heating step-wise to 150, 350, 600 and 1000°C. While heating, evaporated volatiles were collected in a liquid nitrogen cold trap. Water was quantitatively converted to molecular oxygen with bromine pentafluoride. Isotopic abundances were measured on a double-collecting isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The Δ 17O values obtained from direct fluorination of Bjurböle chondrules and whole rock and UV laser probe analyses of individual Bjurböle chondrules all cluster around one [1, 2]. Compared to these data, water extracted from the Bjurböle matrix and chondrules is isotopically light (Δ 17O = 0.5 and 0.7, respectively), presumably reflecting different equilibration histories of water and oxygen-bearing minerals in each component. Additionally, the proximity of Δ 17O values of water extracted at lower temperatures to zero indicates low-temperature heating is necessary to remove all adsorbed terrestrial water and obtain the true isotopic signature of extraterrestrial water.
Nunn M.
Thiemens Mark H.
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