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[B-CG28] 生命-水-鉱物-大気相互作用

2015年5月26日(火) 18:15 〜 19:30 コンベンションホール (2F)

コンビーナ:*白石 史人(広島大学大学院理学研究科地球惑星システム学専攻)、大竹 翼(北海道大学大学院工学研究院 環境循環システム部門)、鈴木 庸平(東京大学大学院理学系研究科)、高井 研(海洋研究開発機構極限環境生物圏研究センター)、上野 雄一郎(東京工業大学大学院地球惑星科学専攻)、長沼 毅(広島大学大学院生物圏科学研究科)、掛川 武(東北大学大学院理学研究科地学専攻)、横山 正(大阪大学大学院理学研究科宇宙地球科学専攻)、中村 謙太郎(独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構 (JAMSTEC) システム地球ラボ プレカンブリアンエコシステムラボユニット)

18:15 〜 19:30

[BCG28-P11] 原始生代堆積岩Nuvvuagituq中の窒素・希ガス同位体組成

*橋爪 光1Daniele Pinti1蓮中 亮太1Luc Richard2Jean David2Arisai Valadez2 (1.大阪大学理学研究科宇宙地球科学専攻、2.GEOTOP-UQAM, モントリオール、カナダ)

キーワード:原始生代, 大気, 窒素, 希ガス

The Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt is an Eoarchean volcano-sedimentary sequence located in northern Quebec. Rocks are gabbroic intrusions, volcano-sedimentary silicic rocks and banded iron formation (BIFs), enclosed by 3.66 Ga tonalitic gneiss. Rocks are metamorphosed to amphibolite facies and zircon U-Pb ages give a minimum age of 3.75-3.82 Ga to the belt. A deficit in 142Nd compared to the terrestrial Nd standard found in some igneous rock which were dated possibly at 4.28 billion years ago, making this rock suite one of the oldest on Earth. Characterization of the fluids in silicic rocks and BIFs, identified by previous works as chemical precipitates in seawater, might give precious constraints on the Earth superficial conditions in Late Hadean, following the Late Heavy Bombardment.
A preliminary survey intended to analyze the fluids trapped into several lithologies of the belt on the noble gas and nitrogen isotopic compositions. Selected samples are an ultramafic intrusion (POR21), a tonalitic gneiss (POR23), three felsic to intermediate silicic volcanoclastic rocks (POR27b, 28c, 28h), a meta-conglomerate (POR29) and a plagioclase-rich amphibolite (POR30). Preliminary noble gas isotopes where carried out at GEOTOP by using a quadrupole mass spectrometer. 4He, 22Ne, 36-40Ar, 84Kr and 129,132,136Xe were analyzed after crushing bulk rock and recovering gases in a purification line. All samples contain radiogenic 4He, from 3.7 x10-8 to 2.5 x 10-7 cm3STP/grock, although the calculated radiogenic 4He/40Ar* ratio is only 0.01 to 0.03 against the expected crustal ratio of 4.2. This could indicate large loss of helium during time (which is often observed in Archean rocks) or poor potassium content, the parent element of radiogenic 40Ar*. The measured 40Ar/36Ar ratios range from 403 to 9635, higher than the atmospheric value of 295.5. The sample that contains most radiogenic noble gas 4He and 136Xe (from U fission and alpha decay) and 40Ar* is the tonalitic gneiss (POR23). All other samples show atmospheric composition of noble gases (except 4He and 40Ar*) or slight 136Xe anomalies.
A new series of noble gas and nitrogen isotopic measurements are under way at Osaka University to determine the origin of gases into the Nuvvuagituq fluids and try to constrain crustal and igneous sources possibly feeding them.