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40Ar/39Ar systematics of melt lithologies and target rocks from the Gow Lake impact structure, Canada
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ( IF 4.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.025
A.E. Pickersgill , D.F. Mark , M.R. Lee , G.R. Osinski

Abstract The age of the Gow Lake impact structure (Saskatchewan, Canada) is poorly constrained, with previous estimates ranging from 100 to 250 Ma. Using a combination of step-heating and UV laser in situ 40Ar/39Ar analyses we have sought to understand the 40Ar/39Ar systematics of this small impact crater and obtain a more precise and accurate age. This structure is challenging for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology due to its small size (∼5 km diameter), the silicic composition of the target rock, and the large difference in age between the impact event and the target rock (∼1.2 Ga). These factors can serve to inhibit argon mobility in impact melts, leading to retention of ‘extraneous’ 40Ar and anomalously older measured ages. We mitigated the undesirable effects of extraneous 40Ar retention by analysing small volume aliquots of impact glass using step-heating and even smaller volumes via the UV laser in situ 40Ar/39Ar technique. Although primary hydration of impact-generated glasses enhanced the diffusivity of 40Ar inherited from silica-rich melts, data still had to be corrected for extraneous 40Ar by using isotope correlation plots to define the initial trapped 40Ar/36Ar components. Our inverse isochron age of 196.8 ± 9.6/9.9 Ma (2σ, analytical/external precision) demonstrates that the Gow Lake event occurred within uncertainty of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, but there is no evidence that it was part of an impact cluster.

中文翻译:

来自加拿大 Gow Lake 撞击构造的熔体岩性和目标岩石的 40Ar/39Ar 系统学

摘要 Gow Lake 撞击结构(加拿大萨斯喀彻温省)的年龄限制很差,以前的估计范围为 100 到 250 Ma。结合步进加热和紫外激光原位 40Ar/39Ar 分析,我们试图了解这个小型撞击坑的 40Ar/39Ar 系统学,并获得更精确和准确的年龄。由于其尺寸小(直径约 5 公里)、目标岩石的硅质成分以及撞击事件与目标岩石之间的年龄差异大(约 1.2 Ga),该结构对 40Ar/39Ar 地质年代学具有挑战性。这些因素可用于抑制冲击熔体中氩气的流动性,导致“外来”40Ar 的保留和异常古老的测量年龄。我们通过使用步进加热分析小体积等分的冲击玻璃,甚至通过紫外激光原位 40Ar/39Ar 技术分析更小的体积,减轻了外来 40Ar 滞留的不良影响。尽管撞击产生的玻璃的初级水合增强了从富含二氧化硅的熔体中继承的 40Ar 的扩散率,但仍然必须通过使用同位素相关图来定义初始捕获的 40Ar/36Ar 组分来校正外来 40Ar 的数据。我们的逆等时线年龄为 196.8 ± 9.6/9.9 Ma(2σ,分析/外部精度)表明 Gow Lake 事件发生在三叠纪-侏罗纪边界的不确定性范围内,但没有证据表明它是撞击星团的一部分。尽管撞击产生的玻璃的初级水合增强了从富含二氧化硅的熔体中继承的 40Ar 的扩散率,但仍然必须通过使用同位素相关图来定义初始捕获的 40Ar/36Ar 组分来校正外来 40Ar 的数据。我们的逆等时线年龄为 196.8 ± 9.6/9.9 Ma(2σ,分析/外部精度)表明 Gow Lake 事件发生在三叠纪-侏罗纪边界的不确定性范围内,但没有证据表明它是撞击星团的一部分。尽管撞击产生的玻璃的初级水合增强了从富含二氧化硅的熔体中继承的 40Ar 的扩散率,但仍然必须通过使用同位素相关图来定义初始捕获的 40Ar/36Ar 组分来校正外来 40Ar 的数据。我们的逆等时线年龄为 196.8 ± 9.6/9.9 Ma(2σ,分析/外部精度)表明 Gow Lake 事件发生在三叠纪-侏罗纪边界的不确定性范围内,但没有证据表明它是撞击星团的一部分。
更新日期:2020-04-01
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