Papanastassiou, D. A. and Wasserburg, G. J. and Brownlee, D. E. (1983) Chemical and isotopic study of extraterrestrial particles from the ocean floor. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 64 (3). pp. 341-355. ISSN 0012-821X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130904-154603038
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Abstract
We report chemical, mineralogic and Rb-Sr data on deep-sea spherules and on particles from an Antarctic Ocean core in which an excess Ir content has been identified. ^(87)Sr/^(86)Sr compositions in the deep-sea spherules are determined to 1–2‰ and are in the range 0.730–0.757. The ^(87)Sr/^(86)Sr compositions and the Sr concentrations are in the range observed for the majority of chondritic meteorites. ^(84)Sr/^(88)Sr ratios are normal to within 1%. Extreme depletion of Rb relative to the chondritic abundance is found in the deep-sea spherules. These data support the inference based on chemical composition and mineralogy that the deep-sea spherules are produced by the ablation or heating of meteoroids in the Earth's atmosphere with substantial loss of Rb by volatilization. Most terrestrial sources for the deep-sea spherules can be excluded, based on the chemical composition and on the Sr isotopic composition. The results on vesicular, Ir-rich particles from the Antarctic Ocean core give ^(87)Sr/^(86)Sr in the range 0.703–0.705 and within the range observed for ocean island basalts but significantly above mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB). A crystalline basaltic particle from this core shows non-radiogenic ^(87)Sr/^(86)Sr= 0.701 ± 0.001, in the range observed for MORB and basaltic achondrites. The Sr data on the vesicular particles do not provide positive support for an extraterrestrial provenance for these materials. The basaltic particles cannot reasonably be the primary source of the high Ir concentration and some other lithic component remains to be identified.
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| Additional Information: | © 1983 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. Received February 2, 1983; Revised version received June 8, 1983. This paper was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration grants NGL 05-002-188 and NSG 9052, and the National Science Foundation grant PHY79-23638A2. We thank F.T. Kyte for providing us with the particles and clay sample from the Antarctic Ocean core. We appreciate the helpful and critical comments from the reviewers and the anonymous editor. | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | D.A. Papanastassiou, G.J. Wasserburg, D.E. Brownlee, Chemical and isotopic study of extraterrestrial particles from the ocean floor, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 64, Issue 3, September 1983, Pages 341-355, ISSN 0012-821X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(83)90095-X. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0012821X8390095X) | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
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