JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

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[EE] Poster

S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-IT Science of the Earth's Interior & Tectonophysics

[S-IT22] [EE] Interaction and Coevolution of the Core and Mantle in the Earth and Planets

Sun. May 21, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL7)

convener:Taku Tsuchiya(Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University), Hidenori Terasaki(Graduate School of Science, Osaka University), Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar(Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University), Tetsuo Irifune(Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University), John Hernlund(Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Eiji Ohtani(Department of Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

[SIT22-P13] High precision analysis of W isotopes for OIB and MORB samples

*Asako Takamasa1, Katsuhiko Suzuki1 (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

Keywords:Core-Mantle co-evolution, Tungsten isotope ratio, Hf-W system

182W is a decay product of 182Hf (t1/2=890 million year) which is extinct at now. The amount of 182W can give information on evolution of very early solar system at the timescale from several million years from the solar system initial. Hf and W is a highly refractory element and the 182W isotope evolution process in the bulk Earth could be the same as in chondrites. However, W is a highly siderophile element and Hf is a lithophile element. These elements could be partitioned into metal (core) and silicate (mantle) phases, which leads to higher Hf/W ratio of mantle.

To elucidate the core-mantle evolution of the early Earth, we have developed the high precision W isotope analysis using MC-ICP-MS (Thermo co. Ltd. NEPTUNE Plus) and have applied it to some OIB and MORB samples, such as Hawaiian basalts, South Africa Kimberite, Ontong Java Plateau lavas and Indian MORB.

We will present the W isotopic composition obtained for these samples and will discuss the early core-mantle co-evolution and core-mantle interaction, based on the W isotope, Os isotopes.