Rare gases from the undepleted mantle?
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ABSTRACT If the concept of a depleted/undepleted mantle system is valid, rare gas isotopic composition and abundances should be different in continental and plume areas fed from the
undepleted mantle than in oceanic glasses fed from a depleted mantle1. Ultramafic inclusions in basalt have been studied in attempts to find examples of undepleted mantle trapped gases2–6.
In particular, Kaneoka and Takaoka measured the helium and argon isotopic abundances in olivine nodules and phenocrysts from Hawaiian basalt7. The nodules are characterized by midocean ridge
basalt (MORB)-type 40Ar/36Ar and 3He/4He ratios, while the phenocryst data show lower 40Ar/36Ar and higher 3He/4He; these latter data were interpreted to indicate an undepleted mantle
source relative to that for the nodules and oceanic tholeiites. I have measured 4He, 40Ar and 36Ar abundances in two Hawaiian ultramafic nodules, and find clear evidence of incomplete
retention of mantle gases plus significant atmospheric contamination. Comparison with the previously measured phenocrysts indicates the prevalence of these complications in all such
ultramafic samples. Conclusions concerning the nature of the rare gases in the undepleted mantle based on such samples are invalid. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a
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