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Title: Extended chondrule formation intervals in distinct physicochemical environments: Evidence from Al-Mg isotope systematics of CR chondrite chondrules with unaltered plagioclase

Abstract

Al-Mg isotope systematics of twelve FeO-poor (type I) chondrules from CR chondrites Queen Alexandra Range 99177 and Meteorite Hills 00426 were investigated by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Five chondrules with Mg#’s of 99.0 to 99.2 and Δ17O of -4.2‰ to -5.3‰ have resolvable excess 26Mg. Their inferred (26Al/27Al)0 values range from (3.5 ± 1.3) × 10-6 to (6.0 ± 3.9) × 10-6. This corresponds to formation times of 2.2 (–0.5/+1.1) Myr to 2.8 (-0.3/+0.5) Myr after CAIs, using a canonical (26Al/27Al)0 of 5.23 × 10-5, and assuming homogeneously distributed 26Al that yielded a uniform initial 26Al/27Al in the Solar System. Seven chondrules lack resolvable excess 26Mg. They have lower Mg#’s (94.2 to 98.7) and generally higher Δ17O (-0.9‰ to -4.9‰) than chondrules with resolvable excess 26Mg. Their inferred (26Al/27Al)0 upper limits range from 1.3 × 10-6 to 3.2 × 10-6, corresponding to formation >2.9 to >3.7 Myr after CAIs. Al-Mg isochrons depend critically on chondrule plagioclase, and several characteristics indicate the chondrule plagioclase is unaltered: (1) SIMS 27Al/24Mg depth profile patterns match those from anorthite standards, and SEM/EDS of chondrule SIMS pits show no foreign inclusions; (2) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals no nanometer-scale micro-inclusions and no alteration duemore » to thermal metamorphism; (3) oxygen isotopes of chondrule plagioclase match those of coexisting olivine and pyroxene, indicating a low extent of thermal metamorphism; and (4) electron microprobe data show chondrule plagioclase is anorthite-rich, with excess structural silica and high MgO, consistent with such plagioclase from other petrologic type 3.00-3.05 chondrites. We conclude that the resolvable (26Al/27Al)0 variabilities among chondrules studied are robust, corresponding to a formation interval of at least 1.1 Myr.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [6];  [7]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
  2. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
  3. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi (Japan)
  4. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi (Japan)
  5. Ibaraki Univ., Mito (Japan); National Inst. of Polar Research, Tokyo (Japan)
  6. City Univ. (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY (United States); American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, NY (United States)
  7. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1558210
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1691895
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-30036
Journal ID: ISSN 0016-7037
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; LA-UR-18-30036
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 260; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0016-7037
Publisher:
Elsevier; The Geochemical Society; The Meteoritical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Planetary Sciences

Citation Formats

Tenner, Travis J., Nakashima, Daisuke, Ushikubo, Takayuki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Kimura, Makoto, Weisberg, Michael K., and Kita, Noriko T. Extended chondrule formation intervals in distinct physicochemical environments: Evidence from Al-Mg isotope systematics of CR chondrite chondrules with unaltered plagioclase. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.06.023.
Tenner, Travis J., Nakashima, Daisuke, Ushikubo, Takayuki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Kimura, Makoto, Weisberg, Michael K., & Kita, Noriko T. Extended chondrule formation intervals in distinct physicochemical environments: Evidence from Al-Mg isotope systematics of CR chondrite chondrules with unaltered plagioclase. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.06.023
Tenner, Travis J., Nakashima, Daisuke, Ushikubo, Takayuki, Tomioka, Naotaka, Kimura, Makoto, Weisberg, Michael K., and Kita, Noriko T. Sat . "Extended chondrule formation intervals in distinct physicochemical environments: Evidence from Al-Mg isotope systematics of CR chondrite chondrules with unaltered plagioclase". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.06.023. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1558210.
@article{osti_1558210,
title = {Extended chondrule formation intervals in distinct physicochemical environments: Evidence from Al-Mg isotope systematics of CR chondrite chondrules with unaltered plagioclase},
author = {Tenner, Travis J. and Nakashima, Daisuke and Ushikubo, Takayuki and Tomioka, Naotaka and Kimura, Makoto and Weisberg, Michael K. and Kita, Noriko T.},
abstractNote = {Al-Mg isotope systematics of twelve FeO-poor (type I) chondrules from CR chondrites Queen Alexandra Range 99177 and Meteorite Hills 00426 were investigated by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Five chondrules with Mg#’s of 99.0 to 99.2 and Δ17O of -4.2‰ to -5.3‰ have resolvable excess 26Mg. Their inferred (26Al/27Al)0 values range from (3.5 ± 1.3) × 10-6 to (6.0 ± 3.9) × 10-6. This corresponds to formation times of 2.2 (–0.5/+1.1) Myr to 2.8 (-0.3/+0.5) Myr after CAIs, using a canonical (26Al/27Al)0 of 5.23 × 10-5, and assuming homogeneously distributed 26Al that yielded a uniform initial 26Al/27Al in the Solar System. Seven chondrules lack resolvable excess 26Mg. They have lower Mg#’s (94.2 to 98.7) and generally higher Δ17O (-0.9‰ to -4.9‰) than chondrules with resolvable excess 26Mg. Their inferred (26Al/27Al)0 upper limits range from 1.3 × 10-6 to 3.2 × 10-6, corresponding to formation >2.9 to >3.7 Myr after CAIs. Al-Mg isochrons depend critically on chondrule plagioclase, and several characteristics indicate the chondrule plagioclase is unaltered: (1) SIMS 27Al/24Mg depth profile patterns match those from anorthite standards, and SEM/EDS of chondrule SIMS pits show no foreign inclusions; (2) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals no nanometer-scale micro-inclusions and no alteration due to thermal metamorphism; (3) oxygen isotopes of chondrule plagioclase match those of coexisting olivine and pyroxene, indicating a low extent of thermal metamorphism; and (4) electron microprobe data show chondrule plagioclase is anorthite-rich, with excess structural silica and high MgO, consistent with such plagioclase from other petrologic type 3.00-3.05 chondrites. We conclude that the resolvable (26Al/27Al)0 variabilities among chondrules studied are robust, corresponding to a formation interval of at least 1.1 Myr.},
doi = {10.1016/j.gca.2019.06.023},
journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
number = C,
volume = 260,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sat Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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