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Thallium elemental behavior and stable isotope fractionation during magmatic processes

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Date
05/01/2017
Author
Prytulak, J.
Brett, A.
Webb, M.
Plank, T.
Rehkämper, M.
Savage, P. S.
Woodhead, J.
Keywords
Thallium
Stable isotopes
Hekla
Anatahan
Magmatic differentiation
GE Environmental Sciences
DAS
BDC
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Abstract
Stable thallium (Tl) isotopes are an extremely sensitive tracer for the addition of small amounts of sediments or materials altered at low temperatures to the source(s) of mantle-derived melts. The ability of Tl to trace such materials is due to the large concentration contrast between the mantle (Tl < 2 ng/g) and possible exotic inputs (Tl ~ 100 ng/g to > μg/g), which also often display fractionated Tl isotope compositions. However, the magnitude of Tl isotope fractionation induced by igneous processes alone has not been systematically assessed. Here, two suites of co-genetic magmas, spanning a large range of differentiation, from Hekla, Iceland, and Anatahan, in the Mariana arc, are used to assess the behavior of thallium and its stable isotope variations during magmatic processes. Thallium behaves as a near-perfectly incompatible lithophile element throughout magmatic evolution, mirroring elements such as Rb, Cs, and K. Lavas from Hekla have restricted Cs/Tl ratios and stable Tl isotope compositions, which overlap with mantle estimates. Lavas from subduction-related Anatahan volcano also have a restricted range in Tl isotope composition, which overlaps with Hekla and MORB, demonstrating that fractional crystallisation and partial melting does not fractionate stable Tl isotopes. Subduction environments display variable Cs/Tl, indicating that the subduction process commonly fractionates these two elements. The immunity of thallium stable isotopes to fractionation by magmatic processes coupled with its extreme sensitivity for tracing pelagic sediments, FeMn crusts and low temperature altered oceanic crust highlight its value in elucidating the nature of mantle sources of both oceanic basalts and arc lavas. Critically, meaningful interpretation of thallium isotope compositions need not be restricted to primitive lavas.
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Prytulak , J , Brett , A , Webb , M , Plank , T , Rehkämper , M , Savage , P S & Woodhead , J 2017 , ' Thallium elemental behavior and stable isotope fractionation during magmatic processes ' , Chemical Geology , vol. 448 , pp. 71-83 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.11.007
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Chemical Geology
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.11.007
ISSN
0009-2541
Type
Journal article
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© 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.11.007
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JP was partly supported by NERC fellowship NE/H01313X/2. AB was supported by a Janet Watson Earth Science and Engineering Departmental PhD studentship and MW was supported in part by an undergraduate research opportunity award from Imperial College London. Trace element analyses were supported from US NSF Grant EAR-1456814 to TP.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254116306003#appd001
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11993

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