TY - JOUR
T1 - High precision Al–Mg systematics of forsterite-bearing Type B CAIs from CV3 chondrites
AU - MacPherson, G. J.
AU - Bullock, E. S.
AU - Tenner, T. J.
AU - Nakashima, D.
AU - Kita, N. T.
AU - Ivanova, M. A.
AU - Krot, A. N.
AU - Petaev, M. I.
AU - Jacobsen, S. B.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge Andy Davis, Associate Editor Dimitri Papanastassiou, and an anonymous reviewer for very helpful reviews that significantly improved this paper. This research was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grants NNX11AD43G and NNX15AH68G (GJM, PI), NNX10AH76G and 14-EW14-2-0049 (ANK, PI), NNX08AH79G (MP, PI), NNX11AK82G and NNX15AH66G (SBJ, PI), and NNX09AB88G (NK, PI). WiscSIMS is partly supported by National Science Foundation grants EAR03-19230 and EAR07-44079.
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PY - 2017/3/15
Y1 - 2017/3/15
N2 - In order to further elucidate possible temporal relationships between different varieties of calcium-, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), we measured the aluminum–magnesium isotopic systematics of seven examples of the rare type known as forsterite-bearing Type B (FoB) inclusions from four different CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Allende, Efremovka, NWA 3118, and Vigarano. The primary phases (forsterite, Al–Ti-rich diopside, spinel, melilite, and anorthite) in each inclusion were analyzed in situ using high-precision secondary ion mass-spectrometry (SIMS). In all cases, minerals with low Al/Mg ratios (all except anorthite) yield well-defined internal Al–Mg isochrons, with a range of initial 26Al/27Al ratios [(26Al/27Al)0] ranging from (5.30 ± 0.22) × 10−5 down to (4.17 ± 0.43) × 10−5. Anorthite in all cases is significantly disturbed relative to the isochrons defined by the other phases in the same CAIs, and in several cases contains no resolved excesses of radiogenic 26Mg (δ26Mg∗) even at 27Al/24Mg ratios greater than 1000. The fact that some FoBs preserve (26Al/27Al)0 of ∼5.2 × 10−5, close to the canonical value of (5.23 ± 0.13) × 10−5 inferred from bulk magnesium-isotope measurements of CV CAIs (B. Jacobsen et al., 2008), demonstrates that FoBs began forming very early, contemporaneous with other more-refractory CAIs. The range of (26Al/27Al)0 values further shows that FoBs continued to be reprocessed over ∼200,000 years of nebular history, consistent with results obtained for other types of igneous CAIs in CV chondrites. The absence of any correlation between of CAI + FoB formation or reprocessing times with bulk composition or CAI type means that there is no temporal evolutionary sequence between the diverse CAI types. The initial δ26Mg∗ value in the most primitive FoB (SJ101) is significantly lower than the canonical solar system value of −0.040 ± 0.029‰.
AB - In order to further elucidate possible temporal relationships between different varieties of calcium-, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), we measured the aluminum–magnesium isotopic systematics of seven examples of the rare type known as forsterite-bearing Type B (FoB) inclusions from four different CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Allende, Efremovka, NWA 3118, and Vigarano. The primary phases (forsterite, Al–Ti-rich diopside, spinel, melilite, and anorthite) in each inclusion were analyzed in situ using high-precision secondary ion mass-spectrometry (SIMS). In all cases, minerals with low Al/Mg ratios (all except anorthite) yield well-defined internal Al–Mg isochrons, with a range of initial 26Al/27Al ratios [(26Al/27Al)0] ranging from (5.30 ± 0.22) × 10−5 down to (4.17 ± 0.43) × 10−5. Anorthite in all cases is significantly disturbed relative to the isochrons defined by the other phases in the same CAIs, and in several cases contains no resolved excesses of radiogenic 26Mg (δ26Mg∗) even at 27Al/24Mg ratios greater than 1000. The fact that some FoBs preserve (26Al/27Al)0 of ∼5.2 × 10−5, close to the canonical value of (5.23 ± 0.13) × 10−5 inferred from bulk magnesium-isotope measurements of CV CAIs (B. Jacobsen et al., 2008), demonstrates that FoBs began forming very early, contemporaneous with other more-refractory CAIs. The range of (26Al/27Al)0 values further shows that FoBs continued to be reprocessed over ∼200,000 years of nebular history, consistent with results obtained for other types of igneous CAIs in CV chondrites. The absence of any correlation between of CAI + FoB formation or reprocessing times with bulk composition or CAI type means that there is no temporal evolutionary sequence between the diverse CAI types. The initial δ26Mg∗ value in the most primitive FoB (SJ101) is significantly lower than the canonical solar system value of −0.040 ± 0.029‰.
KW - Al
KW - CAI
KW - Chronology
KW - Early solar system
KW - Forsterite-bearing Type B CAIs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gca.2016.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.gca.2016.12.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011923649
VL - 201
SP - 65
EP - 82
JO - Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta
JF - Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta
SN - 0016-7037
ER -