Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996e%26psl.139..411d&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 139, Issue 3-4, pp.411-421
Physics
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U/He, Helium, Garnet Group, Diffusion, Sorption, Elsevier: U/He, Helium, Garnet Group, Diffusion, Sorption
Scientific paper
We present data on He sorption in garnet obtained by loading garnet samples with He at 250 ± 10 bar in the temperature range 800-990°C. For this temperature range we find a three-fold decrease in He sorption from 2.1 · 10 -5 (800°C) to 0.72 · 10 -5 cm 3 STPg -1 bar -1 (990°C). We use the sorption data of partially saturated samples to obtain the activation energy (E a = 660 ± 190 120 kJ/mol) and frequeny factor (D 0 = 10 15.6(+ 8,-5.2) cm 2 /s) for He diffusion in garnet. The results of our study suggest that garnet is probably one of the most retentive silicate minerals for He, which is in agreement with its very low ion porosity. The high retentivity results in a high closure temperature (T c ) for the (U + Th)-He system. For cooling rates as low as 0.1-1°C/Ma, T c lies between 590° and 630°C. Accordingly, (U + Th)-He dating of garnet may provide information about the medium to high temperature cooling path of a rock at the lower end of the temperature range of currently used isotopic systems in garnet. In addition, the high retentivity for He makes garnet a potentially useful mineral in the field of exposure age dating. Currently, it is the only-known common silicate mineral occurring in upper crustal rocks which probably retains cosmogenic noble gases under all climatic conditions. For geochemical studies using noble gases as tracers for geofluids, garnet is a perfect container if temperatures never exceed 600°C; that is, all originally trapped noble gases are quantitatively retained.
Dunai Tibor J.
Roselieb K.
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