The Mercury Isotopic Composition of Earth's Mantle and the Use of Mass Independently Fractionated Hg to Test for Recycled Crust
Creator(s):
Moynier, Frederic
Jackson, Matthew G
Zhang, Ke
Cai, Hongming
Halldorsson, Saemundur A
Pik, Raphael
Day, James MD
Chen, Jiubin
Abstract:
Mercury isotopes were measured in a suite of well-characterized (for Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopes) ocean island basalts from Tubuai, Pitcairn, Samoa, and Iceland. Lavas from the Afar hotspot were also examined. The data show that ocean island basalts exhibit both mass-dependent fractionation of Hg isotopes. Critically, the data reveal mass independently fractionated (MIF) Hg isotopes in OIB, from Samoa (negative MIF), Pitcairn (negative MIF), and Tubuai (positive MIF). These data suggest that Hg from surface reservoirs was recycled in the mantle sources of ocean island basalts.
How to cite this dataset:
Moynier, F., Jackson, M. G., Zhang, K., Cai, H., Halldorsson, S. A., Pik, R., Day, J. M., Chen, J., 2022. The Mercury Isotopic Composition of Earth's Mantle and the Use of Mass Independently Fractionated Hg to Test for Recycled Crust, Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA).
https://doi.org/10.26022/IEDA/112253. Accessed 2024-07-27.
DOI Creation Date:
2022-03-24
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Publication(s):
Moynier, F., Jackson, M. G., Zhang, K., Cai, H., Halldórsson, S. A., Pik, R., et al. (2021). The mercury isotopic composition of Earth's mantle and the use of mass independently fractionated Hg to test for recycled crust. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094301
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International [CC-BY-SA-4.0]
Keyword(s):
Coverage Scope: Global
Geographic Location: Global ocean island basalts
User Contributed Keyword(s):
Mercury isotopes, MIF, crustal recycling
Data Available On:
2022-03-24