Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jul 1993
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Meteoritics, vol. 28, no. 3, volume 28, page 390
Mathematics
Logic
Cooling Rates, H Chondrites, Metamorphism, Parent Bodies, Radiogenic Ages
Scientific paper
The structure and the thermal history of ordinary chondrites is disputed, because there is no agreement as to whether radiometric ages, metallographic cooling rates (MTCR) [1], fission-track cooling rates (FTCR) [2], and petrographic observations correlate [3,4]. The comparison of these published data is discussed in the case of the H chondrites with reference to the Pb/Pb systematics determined in their phosphates [5]. It is assumed that the age derived from each chronometer defines the time period after which the material reached its closure temperature, cooling down from higher temperatures. What is of interest for the Pb/Pb systematics is the time resolution of 10^6 yr and the knowledge of the closure temperature of the U/Pb system in the phosphates derived from experimental studies [6]: 710 K for a cooling rate of 5 K/m.y. 1. The Pb/Pb systematics define a time interval of 6 x 10^6 yr for the thermal processing of equilibrated H chondrites; this is coherent with the estimation previously derived from the Rb/Sr [7,8], Ar/Ar [9], and Pu chronologies [10]. 2. When the different metamorphic grades of equilibrated H chondrites are considered, no significant correlation exists between the Pb/Pb systematics and the Ar/Ar chronology; the chronology is based on the Sr initial method and the I-Xe systematics, whereas a positive correlation with the metallographic and fission-track cooling rates is seen. 3. The chronological tools (Pb/Pb, Ar/Ar, FTCR, MCR) are compared in the best- documented chondrites (H6 Guarena, H6 Kernouve, H5 Richardton) taking into account the estimated closure temperatures, which range from 900 to 380 K. This comparison does not point out either a monotonic cooling regime occurring in a parent body with a preserved layered structure or a two-step cooling regime (fast cooling at temperatures higher than 770 K and slower cooling at lower temperatures). Such an attempt to reconstruct the thermal history of ordinary chondrites is based on the interpretation of the radiochronometric data as translating the thermal closure of the different isotopic systems. This basic interpretation may be incorrect for some chondrites and must be evaluated before the chronometric informations are applied as precise time constraints in the 4.56- 4.4 aeon interval. References: [1] Taylor G. J. et al. (1987) Icarus, 69, 1-13. [2] Lipschutz M. E. et al. (1989) In Asteroids II (R. Binzel et al., eds.), 740-778, Univ. of Arizona. [3] Hutchison R. et al. (1980) Nature, 287, 787-790. [4] Christophe MichelLevy M. (1981) EPSL, 54, 67-80. [5] Gopel C. et al. (1990) Meteoritics, 25, 367-368. [6] Cherniak D. et al. (1991) GCA, 55, 1663-1673. [7] Minster J. F. et al. (1982) Nature, 300, 414-419. [8] Podosek F. A. and Brannon J. C. (1991) Meteoritics, 26, 145-152. [9] Turner G. et al. (1978) Proc. LPSC 9th, 989-1025. [10] Pellas P. and Storzer D. (1981) Proc. R. Soc. London, A374, 253-270.
Göpel Christa
Manhes Gerard
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