کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4699583 | 1637655 | 2012 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
In situ laser ablation MC-ICPMS was used to measure the Os-isotope compositions of single sulfide grains (≥ 5 μm in diameter) included in unaltered primary chromite from the podiform chromitite of Caridad (eastern Cuba). The analyzed phases include PGE-sulfides (laurite and PGE-rich monosulfide solid solution) and base-metal sulfides (BM-sulfides; millerite, heazlewoodite and pentlandite). The results show that PGE-sulfides and the BM-sulfides have distinctly different Os-isotope compositions. Significant variations in Os-isotope composition are found among sulfide grains forming parts of single composite aggregates smaller than 50 μm in diameter. A similar degree of heterogeneity was observed in some chemically and isotopically zoned sulfide grains. At such small scales, the formation of sulfides with variable Os-isotope signatures requires a heterogeneous genetic process in which individual pulses of isotopically and chemically different melts coexisted in space and/or time. This could be achieved if the podiform chromitites formed as a result of mantle-melt reactions and the subsequent melt mixing/mingling of several batches of melt.
► PGM and BM-sulfides in podiform chromitites may have different Os-isotopic compositions.
► Sulfides with distinct Os-isotope composition may occur in composite aggregates.
► Sub-grain Os isotopic heterogeneity implies different batches of melts.
► The origin of the sub-grain Os isotopic heterogeneity is due to melt mixing/mingling.
Journal: Chemical Geology - Volume 291, 6 January 2012, Pages 224–235