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A new method for amino acid geochronology of the shell of the bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica 双壳软体动物 Arctica islandica 贝壳氨基酸地质年代新方法
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-175-2024
Martina L. G. Conti, P. Butler, David J. Reynolds, Tamara Trofimova, J. Scourse, Kirsty E. H. Penkman
Abstract. The bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica can live for hundreds of years, and its shell has provided a valuable resource for sclerochronological studies and geochemical analyses for understanding palaeoenvironmental change. Shell specimens recovered from the seabed need to be dated in order to aid sample selection, but existing methods using radiocarbon dating or cross-dating are both costly and time-consuming. We have investigated amino acid geochronology (AAG) as a potential alternative means of providing a less costly and more efficient range-finding method. In order to do this, we have investigated the complex microstructure of the shells, as this may influence the application of AAG. Each of the three microstructural layers of A. islandica have been isolated and their protein degradation examined (amino acid concentration, composition, racemization, and peptide bond hydrolysis). The intra-crystalline protein fraction was successfully extracted following oxidation treatment for 48 h, and high-temperature experiments at 140 °C established coherent breakdown patterns in all three layers, but the inner portion of the outer shell layer (iOSL) was the most appropriate component due to practicalities. Sampling of the iOSL layer in Holocene shells from early and late ontogeny (over 100–400 years) showed that the resolution of AAG is too low in A. islandica for within-shell age resolution. However, analysis of 52 subfossil samples confirmed that this approach could be used to establish a relative geochronology for this biomineral throughout the whole of the Quaternary. In the late Holocene the temporal resolution is ∼1500–2000 years. Relative dating of 160 dredged shells of unknown age was narrowed down using AAG as a range finder, showing that a collection of shells from Iceland and the North Sea covered the middle Holocene, late Holocene, later and post-medieval (1171–1713 CE), and modern day. This study confirms the value of A. islandica as a reliable material for range finding and for dating Quaternary deposits.
摘要。双壳软体动物 Arctica islandica 可存活数百年,其贝壳为岩石年代学研究和地球化学分析提供了宝贵资源,有助于了解古环境变化。从海底打捞出的贝壳标本需要进行年代测定,以帮助选择样本,但现有的放射性碳年代测定法或交叉年代测定法既昂贵又耗时。我们对氨基酸地质年代学(AAG)进行了研究,将其作为一种潜在的替代方法,提供一种成本更低、效率更高的测距方法。为此,我们研究了贝壳的复杂微观结构,因为这可能会影响氨基酸地质年代法的应用。我们分离了岛氏甲壳的三个微结构层,并检查了它们的蛋白质降解情况(氨基酸浓度、组成、消旋化和肽键水解)。氧化处理 48 小时后,成功提取了结晶内蛋白质部分,140 °C高温实验确定了所有三个层的连贯分解模式,但由于实际情况,外壳层(iOSL)的内部部分是最合适的成分。对全新世早期和晚期(超过 100-400 年)本体贝壳中 iOSL 层的取样表明,A. islandica 的 AAG 分辨率太低,无法进行贝壳内的年龄分辨率分析。然而,对 52 个亚化石样本的分析证实,这种方法可用于为这种生物矿物建立整个第四纪的相对地质年代。全新世晚期的时间分辨率为 1500-2000 年。使用 AAG 作为测距仪缩小了 160 个年龄未知的疏浚贝壳的相对年代范围,结果表明来自冰岛和北海的贝壳集合涵盖了全新世中期、全新世晚期、中世纪晚期和中世纪后(公元 1171-1713 年)以及现代。这项研究证实了 A. islandica 作为寻找范围和确定第四纪沉积物年代的可靠材料的价值。
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Regional beryllium-10 production rate for the mid-elevation mountainous regions in central Europe, deduced from a multi-method study of moraines and lake sediments in the Black Forest 根据对黑森林冰碛和湖泊沉积物的多种方法研究推断出的中欧中高山地区铍-10生成率
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-147-2024
Felix Martin Hofmann, C. Rambeau, Lukas Gegg, Melanie Schulz, Martin Steiner, A. Fülling, Laëtitia Léanni, Frank Preusser
Abstract. Beryllium-10 cosmic-ray exposure (CRE) dating has revolutionized our understanding of glacier fluctuations around the globe. A key prerequisite for the successful application of this dating method is the determination of regional production rates of in situ accumulated 10Be, usually inferred at independently dated calibration sites. Until now, no calibration site has been available for the mid-elevation mountain ranges of central Europe. We fill this gap by determining in situ 10Be concentrations in large boulders on moraines and by applying radiocarbon and infrared-stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating to stratigraphically younger lake sediments in the southern Black Forest, SW Germany. The dating methods yielded concordant results, and, based on age–depth modelling with 14C ages, the age of a cryptotephra, and IRSL ages, we deduced a regional 10Be production rate in quartz. Calibrating the Black Forest production rate (BFPR) in the Cosmic-Ray Exposure program (CREp) resulted in a spallogenic sea-level and high-latitude (SLHL) production rate of 3.64±0.11 atoms 10Be g−1 quartz a−1 when referring to time-dependent Lal–Stone scaling, the European Reanalysis (ERA)-40 atmosphere model, and the atmospheric 10Be-based geomagnetic database in CREp. The BFPR turned out to be ∼11 % lower than both those at the nearest calibration site in the Alps (4.10±0.10 atoms 10Be g−1 quartz a−1 at SLHL) and the canonical global 10Be production rate (4.11±0.19 atoms 10Be g−1 quartz a−1 at SLHL) in CREp. A stronger weathering and snow cover bias and a higher impact of forest, soil, moss, and shrub cover at the study site likely explain this discrepancy.
摘要。铍-10宇宙射线暴露(CRE)测年彻底改变了我们对全球冰川波动的认识。成功应用这种测年方法的一个关键先决条件是确定原地累积 10Be 的区域生产率,通常是在独立的测年校准点进行推断。到目前为止,中欧中海拔山脉还没有校准点。我们通过测定冰碛上大石头中的原位 10Be 浓度,以及对德国西南部黑森林南部地层较年轻的湖泊沉积物进行放射性碳和红外激发发光(IRSL)测年,填补了这一空白。这些测年方法得出了一致的结果,根据 14C 年龄、隐晶质年龄和 IRSL 年龄的年龄-深度模型,我们推断出了石英中的区域 10Be 生成率。通过校准宇宙射线暴露程序(CREp)中的黑森林生成率(BFPR),并参考随时间变化的拉尔-斯通(Lal-Stone)比例、欧洲再分析(ERA)-40 大气模型和 CREp 中基于大气 10Be 的地磁数据库,得出了海平面和高纬度(SLHL)的石英生成率为 3.64±0.11 原子 10Be g-1 石英 a-1。研究地点的风化和雪覆盖偏差较大,森林、土壤、苔藓和灌木覆盖的影响较高,这可能是造成这一差异的原因。
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Evaluating manual versus automated benthic foraminiferal δ18O alignment techniques for developing chronostratigraphies in marine sediment records 评估人工与自动底栖有孔虫δ18O配准技术在海洋沉积物记录中的年代年代学应用
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-125-2024
Jennifer L Middleton, Julia Gottschalk, Gisela Winckler, Jean Hanley, Carol Knudson, Jesse R. Farmer, Frank Lamy, L. Lisiecki
Abstract. Paleoceanographic interpretations of Plio-Pleistocene climate variability over the past 5 million years rely on the evaluation of event timing of proxy changes in sparse records across multiple ocean basins. In turn, orbital-scale chronostratigraphic controls for these records are often built from stratigraphic alignment of benthic foraminiferal stable oxygen isotope (δ18O) records to a preferred dated target stack or composite. This chronostratigraphic age model approach yields age model uncertainties associated with alignment method, target selection, the assumption that the undated record and target experienced synchronous changes in benthic foraminiferal δ18O values, and the assumption that any possible stratigraphic discontinuities within the undated record have been appropriately identified. However, these age model uncertainties and their impact on paleoceanographic interpretations are seldom reported or discussed. Here, we investigate and discuss these uncertainties for conventional manual and automated tuning techniques based on benthic foraminiferal δ18O records and evaluate their impact on sedimentary age models over the past 3.5 Myr using three sedimentary benthic foraminiferal δ18O records as case studies. In one case study, we present a new benthic foraminiferal δ18O record for International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Site U1541 (54°13′ S, 125°25′ W), recently recovered from the South Pacific on IODP Expedition 383. The other two case studies examine published benthic foraminiferal δ18O records of Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 1090 and the ODP Site 980/981 composite. Our analysis suggests average age uncertainties of 3 to 5 kyr associated with manually derived versus automated alignment, 1 to 3 kyr associated with automated probabilistic alignment itself, and 2 to 6 kyr associated with the choice of tuning target. Age uncertainties are higher near stratigraphic segment ends and where local benthic foraminiferal δ18O stratigraphy differs from the tuning target. We conclude with recommendations for community best practices for the development and characterization of age uncertainty of sediment core chronostratigraphies based on benthic foraminiferal δ18O records.
摘要古海洋学对过去500万年间上新世-更新世气候变异性的解释依赖于对多个大洋盆地稀疏记录中代理变化的事件时间的评估。反过来,这些记录的轨道尺度年代地层学控制通常是通过将底栖有孔虫稳定氧同位素(δ18O)记录与首选的年代目标堆叠或组合进行地层排列来建立的。这种年代地层年龄模型方法产生的年龄模型不确定性与排列方法、目标选择、假定未定年记录和目标经历了底栖有孔虫δ18O值的同步变化,以及假定未定年记录中任何可能的地层不连续性已被适当识别有关。然而,这些年龄模型的不确定性及其对古洋学解释的影响很少被报道或讨论。在此,我们以三个沉积底栖有孔虫δ18O记录为案例,研究和讨论了基于底栖有孔虫δ18O记录的传统人工和自动调整技术的不确定性,并评估了它们对过去3.5Myr沉积年龄模型的影响。在其中一个案例研究中,我们介绍了国际大洋发现计划(IODP)U1541站点(南纬54°13′,西经125°25′)新的底栖有孔虫δ18O记录,该记录是最近IODP 383考察队从南太平洋打捞上来的。另外两个案例研究考察了大洋钻探计划(ODP)第 1090 号站点和 ODP 第 980/981 号站点复合底栖有孔虫δ18O 记录。我们的分析表明,人工配准与自动配准的平均年龄不确定性为 3 至 5 千年,自动概率配准本身的不确定性为 1 至 3 千年,调谐目标选择的不确定性为 2 至 6 千年。在地层段末端附近以及当地底栖有孔虫δ18O地层与调谐目标不同的地方,年龄的不确定性更高。最后,我们就基于底栖有孔虫δ18O记录的沉积岩芯年代测定法的年龄不确定性的开发和特征描述提出了社区最佳实践建议。
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Minimizing the effects of Pb loss in detrital and igneous U–Pb zircon geochronology by CA-LA-ICP-MS 利用 CA-LA-ICP-MS 尽量减少碎片和火成岩 U-Pb 锆石地质年代学中铅损失的影响
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-89-2024
E. Donaghy, Michael P. Eddy, Federico Moreno, Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia
Abstract. Detrital zircon geochronology by laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is a widely used tool for determining maximum depositional ages and sediment provenance, as well as reconstructing sediment routing pathways. Although the accuracy and precision of U–Pb geochronology measurements have improved over the past 2 decades, Pb loss continues to impact the ability to resolve zircon age populations by biasing affected zircon toward younger apparent ages. Chemical abrasion (CA) has been shown to reduce or eliminate the effects of Pb loss in zircon U–Pb geochronology but has yet to be widely applied to large-n detrital zircon analyses. Here, we assess the efficacy of the chemical abrasion treatment on zircon prior to analysis by LA-ICP-MS and discuss the advantages and limitations of this technique in relation to detrital zircon geochronology. We show that (i) CA does not systematically bias LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dates for 13 reference materials that span a wide variety of crystallization dates and U concentrations, (ii) CA-LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon geochronology can reduce or eliminate Pb loss in samples that have experienced significant radiation damage, and (iii) bulk CA prior to detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology by LA-ICP-MS improves the resolution of age populations defined by 206Pb/238U dates (Neoproterozoic and younger) and increases the percentage of concordant analyses in age populations defined by 207Pb/206Pb dates (Mesoproterozoic and older). The selective dissolution of zircon that has experienced high degrees of radiation damage suggests that some detrital zircon age populations could be destroyed or have their abundance significantly modified during this process. However, we did not identify this effect in either of the detrital zircon samples that were analyzed as part of this study. We conclude that pre-treatment of detrital zircon by bulk CA may be useful for applications that require increased resolution of detrital zircon populations and increased confidence that 206Pb/238U dates are unaffected by Pb loss.
摘要。利用激光烧蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS)进行的碎屑锆石地质年代学研究是一种广泛使用的工具,可用于确定最大沉积年龄和沉积物产地,以及重建沉积物的路径。尽管在过去 20 年中铀-铅地质年代测量的准确性和精确度有所提高,但铅的损失仍会使受影响的锆石偏向较年轻的表观年龄,从而影响锆石年龄群的分辨能力。化学研磨(CA)已被证明可以减少或消除锆石 U-Pb 地球年代学中铅损失的影响,但尚未广泛应用于大 n 粒锆石分析。在此,我们评估了在使用 LA-ICP-MS 分析之前对锆石进行化学研磨处理的效果,并讨论了该技术在碎屑锆石地质年代学方面的优势和局限性。我们的研究表明:(i) 对于结晶日期和铀浓度跨度较大的 13 种参考材料,CA 不会对 LA-ICP-MS 的 U-Pb 日期产生系统性偏差;(ii) CA-LA-ICP-MS U-Pb 锆石地质年代学可以减少或消除经历过严重辐射损伤的样品中的铅损失;以及 (iii) 在使用 LA-ICP-MS 之前对锆石进行批量 CA 处理,可以减少或消除锆石中的铅损失、(iii) 在用 LA-ICP-MS 对锆英石碎片进行 U-Pb 地质年代学研究之前先进行批量 CA,可提高根据 206Pb/238U 日期确定的年龄群(新元古代及更年轻)的分辨率,并增加根据 207Pb/206Pb 日期确定的年龄群(中元古代及更古老)的一致分析百分比。经历过高度辐射损伤的锆石的选择性溶解表明,在这一过程中,一些碎屑锆石年龄群可能被破坏或其丰度发生重大变化。然而,我们在本研究中分析的任何一个碎屑锆石样本中都没有发现这种影响。我们的结论是,通过批量 CA 对碎屑锆石进行预处理,对于需要提高碎屑锆石群的分辨率和增加 206Pb/238U 日期不受铅损失影响的信心的应用可能是有用的。
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Insight into the dynamics of a long-runout mass movement using single-grain feldspar luminescence in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal 利用尼泊尔博卡拉山谷的单颗粒长石发光现象洞察长流质运动的动力学特征
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-53-2024
Anna-Maartje de Boer, W. Schwanghart, J. Mey, B. Adhikari, T. Reimann
Abstract. Mass movements play an important role in landscape evolution of high mountain areas such as the Himalayas. Yet, establishing numerical age control and reconstructing transport dynamics of past events is challenging. To fill this research gap, we bring luminescence dating to the test in an extremely challenging environment: the Pokhara Valley in Nepal. This is challenging for two reasons: (i) the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) sensitivity of quartz, typically the mineral of choice for dating sediments younger than 100 ka, is poor, and (ii) highly rapid and turbid conditions during mass movement transport hamper sufficient OSL signal resetting prior to deposition, which eventually results in age overestimation. Here, we first assess the applicability of single-grain feldspar dating of medieval mass movement deposits catastrophically emplaced in the Pokhara Valley. Second, we exploit the poor bleaching mechanisms to get insight into the sediment dynamics of this paleo-mass movement through bleaching proxies. The Pokhara Valley is a unique setting for our case study, considering the availability of an extensive independent radiocarbon dataset as a geochronological benchmark. Single-grain infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) signals were measured at 50 ∘C (IRSL-50) and post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence signals at 150 ∘C (pIRIR-150). Our results show that the IRSL-50 signal is better bleached than the pIRIR-150 signal. A bootstrapped minimum age model (bMAM) is applied to retrieve the youngest subpopulation to estimate the paleodose. However, burial ages calculated with this paleodose overestimate the radiocarbon ages by an average factor of ∼23 (IRSL-50) and ∼72 (pIRIR-150), showing that dating of the Pokhara Formation with a single-grain approach was not successful for most samples. Some samples, however, only slightly overestimate the true emplacement age and thus could be used for a rough age estimation. Large inheritances in combination with the scatter in the single-grain dose distributions show that the sediments have been transported under extremely limited light exposure prior to deposition, which is consistent with the highly turbid nature of the sediment-laden flood and debris flows depositing the Pokhara gravels. To investigate the sediment transport dynamics in more detail, we studied three bleaching proxies: the percentage of grains in saturation 2D0 criteria, the percentage of best-bleached grains (2σ range of bMAM-De) and the overdispersion (OD). None of the three bleaching proxies indicate a spatial relationship with runout distance of the mass movement deposits. We interpret this as evidence for the lack of bleaching during transport, which reflects the catastrophic nature of the event. While not providing reliable burial ages of the Pokhara mass movement deposits, single-grain feldspar dating can potentially be used as an age range finder method. Our approach shows the potential of luminescence tech
摘要地质运动在喜马拉雅山等高山地区的地貌演变中发挥着重要作用。然而,建立数值年龄控制和重建过去事件的迁移动力学是一项挑战。为了填补这一研究空白,我们在尼泊尔博卡拉山谷这一极具挑战性的环境中对发光测年法进行了测试。之所以具有挑战性有两个原因:(i) 石英的光激发发光(OSL)灵敏度较差,而石英通常是对年龄小于 100 ka 的沉积物进行定年的首选矿物;(ii) 大量运动迁移过程中的高度快速和浑浊条件阻碍了沉积前充分的 OSL 信号重置,最终导致年龄被高估。在这里,我们首先评估了对博克拉河谷灾难性沉积的中世纪大规模运动沉积物进行单颗粒长石测年的适用性。其次,我们利用不良的漂白机制,通过漂白代用指标深入了解这次古大规模运动的沉积动力学。博卡拉河谷是我们进行案例研究的独特环境,因为这里有大量独立的放射性碳数据集作为地质年代基准。我们测量了 50 ∘C 时的单颗粒红外激发发光(IRSL)信号(IRSL-50)和 150 ∘C 时的后红外激发发光信号(pIR-150)。结果表明,IRSL-50 信号比 pIRIR-150 信号的漂白效果更好。应用自举最小年龄模型(bMAM)检索最年轻的亚群,以估计古剂量。然而,用这种古年龄计算出的埋藏年龄平均高估了放射性碳年龄 23 ∼ 23(IRSL-50)和 72 ∼ 72(pIR-150),这表明对大多数样品来说,用单粒度方法测定博卡拉地层的年代是不成功的。不过,有些样品只是略微高估了真正的成岩年龄,因此可以用于粗略的年龄估计。较大的继承系数与单颗粒剂量分布的分散性相结合,表明沉积物在沉积之前是在极其有限的光照条件下迁移的,这与沉积博卡拉砾石的洪水和泥石流的高度浑浊性质是一致的。为了更详细地研究沉积物迁移动力学,我们研究了三种漂白代用指标:饱和度 2D0 标准中的颗粒百分比、最佳漂白颗粒百分比(bMAM-De 的 2σ 范围)和过度分散度(OD)。这三种漂白代用指标都没有显示出与大规模移动沉积的径向距离之间的空间关系。我们将此解释为迁移过程中缺乏漂白的证据,这反映了该事件的灾难性质。虽然不能提供博卡拉大规模移动沉积的可靠埋藏年龄,但单粒长石测年法可以作为一种年龄范围探测方法。我们的研究方法显示了发光技术在深入了解山区极端和罕见大规模运动事件的沉积物迁移动力学方面的潜力。
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Modeling apparent Pb loss in zircon U–Pb geochronology 锆石 U-Pb 地质年代中的表观铅损失建模
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-37-2024
G. Sharman, M. Malkowski
Abstract. The loss of radiogenic Pb from zircon is known to be a major factor that can cause inaccuracy in the U–Pb geochronological system; hence, there is a need to better characterize the distribution of Pb loss in natural samples. Treatment of zircon by chemical abrasion (CA) has become standard practice in isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS), but CA is much less commonly employed prior to in situ analysis via laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) or secondary ionization mass spectrometry (SIMS). Differentiating the effects of low levels of Pb loss in Phanerozoic zircon with relatively low-precision in situ U–Pb dates, where the degree of Pb loss is insufficient to cause discernible discordance, is challenging. We show that U–Pb isotopic ratios that have been perturbed by Pb loss may be modeled by convolving a Gaussian distribution that represents random variations from the true isotopic value stemming from analytical uncertainty with a distribution that characterizes Pb loss. We apply this mathematical framework to model the distribution of apparent Pb loss in 10 igneous samples that have both non-CA LA-ICP-MS or SIMS U–Pb dates and an estimate of the crystallization age, either through CA U–Pb or 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. All but one sample showed negative age offsets that were unlikely to have been drawn from an unperturbed U–Pb date distribution. Modeling apparent Pb loss using the logit–normal distribution produced good fits with all 10 samples and showed two contrasting patterns in apparent Pb loss; samples where most zircon U–Pb dates undergo a bulk shift and samples where most zircon U–Pb dates exhibited a low age offset but fewer dates had more significant offset. Our modeling framework allows comparison of relative degrees of apparent Pb loss between samples of different age, with the first and second Wasserstein distances providing useful estimates of the total magnitude of apparent Pb loss. Given that the large majority of in situ U–Pb dates are acquired without the CA treatment, this study highlights a pressing need for improved characterization of apparent Pb-loss distributions in natural samples to aid in interpreting non-CA in situ U–Pb data and to guide future data collection strategies.
摘要。众所周知,锆石中放射性铅的损失是导致铀-铅地质年代系统不准确的一个主要因素;因此,有必要更好地描述天然样品中铅损失的分布情况。通过化学研磨(CA)处理锆石已成为同位素稀释-热电离质谱法(ID-TIMS)的标准做法,但在通过激光烧蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS)或二次电离质谱法(SIMS)进行原位分析之前,CA 的应用则要少得多。要区分新生代锆石中低水平铅损失的影响和相对低精度的原位 U-Pb 日期(铅损失的程度不足以造成明显的不一致)是很有挑战性的。我们的研究表明,对于受到铅丢失扰动的 U-Pb 同位素比值,可以用高斯分布和铅丢失分布来建模,高斯分布代表了由分析不确定性引起的真实同位素值的随机变化。我们将这一数学框架应用于 10 个火成岩样品的表观铅损失分布建模,这些样品既有非 CA LA-ICP-MS 或 SIMS U-Pb 日期,也有通过 CA U-Pb 或 40Ar/39Ar 地质年代估算的结晶年龄。除一个样本外,所有样本都出现了负年龄偏移,不太可能是从未受扰动的 U-Pb 日期分布中得出的。利用对数正态分布对所有 10 个样品的表观铅损失进行建模,得到了很好的拟合结果,并显示出两种截然不同的表观铅损失模式:一种是大多数锆石 U-Pb 日期发生整体偏移的样品,另一种是大多数锆石 U-Pb 日期显示出较低的年龄偏移,但有较少的日期有较显著的偏移的样品。我们的建模框架可以比较不同年代样品之间表观铅损失的相对程度,第一和第二瓦瑟斯坦距离可以对表观铅损失的总幅度做出有用的估计。鉴于绝大多数原位铀-铅年代的获得都没有经过 CA 处理,这项研究强调了改进天然样品表观铅损失分布特征的迫切需要,以帮助解释非 CA 原位铀-铅数据并指导未来的数据收集策略。
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Calibration methods for laser ablation Rb–Sr geochronology: comparisons and recommendation based on NIST glass and natural reference materials 激光烧蚀铷锶地质年代校准方法:基于 NIST 玻璃和天然参考材料的比较和建议
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-21-2024
S. Glorie, Sarah E. Gilbert, M. Hand, J. Lloyd
Abstract. In situ rubidium–strontium (Rb–Sr) geochronology, using laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–tandem mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS/MS) technology, allows rapid dating of K-rich minerals such as micas (e.g. biotite, muscovite, and phlogopite) and K-feldspar (potassium-containing feldspar). While many studies have demonstrated the ability of the method, analytical protocols vary significantly, and to date, no studies have provided an in-depth comparison and synthesis in terms of precision and accuracy. Here we compare four calibration protocols based on commonly used reference materials (RMs) for Rb–Sr dating. We demonstrate that downhole fractionation trends (DHFs) for natural biotite, K-feldspar, and phlogopite contrast with that for the commonly used Mica-Mg nano powder reference material. Consequently, Rb–Sr dates calibrated to Mica-Mg can be up to 5 % inaccurate, and the degree of inaccuracy appears to be unsystematic between analytical sessions. Calibrating to Mica-Mg also introduces excess uncertainty that can be avoided with a more consistent primary calibration material. We propose a calibration approach involving (1) NIST-610 glass as the primary reference material (PRM) for normalisation and drift correction and (2) a natural mineral with similar DHF characteristics to the analysed samples as matrix correction RM (MCRM) to correct the Rb/Sr ratio for matrix-induced offsets. In this work, MDC phlogopite (the source mineral for Mica-Mg nano powder) was used as the MCRM, consistently producing accurate Rb–Sr dates for a series of natural biotites and K-feldspars with well-characterised expected ages. Biotite from the Banalasta Adamellite, Taratap Granodiorite, and Entire Creek pegmatite are also suitable RMs for Rb/Sr ratio calibration purposes, with consistently <1.5 % fully propagated uncertainties in our methodological approach. Until calibration using isochronous natural standards as the primary RM becomes possible in data reduction software, the two-step calibration approach described here is recommended.
摘要。利用激光烧蚀-电感耦合等离子体-串联质谱(LA-ICP-MS/MS)技术进行原位铷-锶(Rb-Sr)地质年代测定,可以快速测定富含钾的矿物的年代,如云母(如黑云母、黝帘石和辉绿岩)和钾长石(含钾长石)。虽然许多研究已经证明了该方法的能力,但分析方案差异很大,迄今为止,还没有研究从精度和准确度方面进行深入的比较和综合。在此,我们比较了基于常用参考材料(RM)的四种掺铒掺锶定年校准方案。我们证明,天然生物岩、钾长石和辉绿岩的井下分馏趋势(DHFs)与常用的云母-镁纳米粉体参考材料的井下分馏趋势形成鲜明对比。因此,以云母-镁校准的铷-锶日期误差可达 5%,而且不同分析时段的误差程度似乎并不系统。用云母-镁校准还带来了过多的不确定性,而用更一致的主要校准材料则可以避免这种不确定性。我们提出了一种校准方法,包括:(1)将 NIST-610 玻璃作为主要参考材料(PRM),用于归一化和漂移校正;(2)将与分析样品具有相似 DHF 特性的天然矿物作为基质校正 RM(MCRM),用于校正基质引起的偏移的 Rb/Sr 比值。在这项工作中,使用了 MDC 辉绿岩(云母-镁纳米粉末的源矿物)作为 MCRM,为一系列天然生物岩和 K 长石提供了准确的 Rb-Sr 日期,并具有良好的预期年龄特征。来自 Banalasta Adamellite、Taratap Granodiorite 和 Entire Creek伟晶岩的生物岩也适合用于铷/锶比值校准,在我们的方法中,完全传播的不确定性始终小于 1.5%。在数据还原软件可以使用等时天然标准作为主要 RM 进行校准之前,建议使用本文所述的两步校准法。
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Geochronological and geochemical effects of zircon chemical abrasion: insights from single-crystal stepwise dissolution experiments 锆石化学磨损的地质年代和地球化学效应:单晶逐步溶解实验的启示
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-1-2024
A. McKanna, B. Schoene, D. Szymanowski
Abstract. Chemical abrasion in hydrofluoric acid (HF) is routinely applied to zircon grains prior to U–Pb dating by isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS) to remove radiation-damaged portions of grains affected by Pb loss. Still, many chemically abraded datasets exhibit evidence of residual Pb loss. Here we test how the temperature and duration of chemical abrasion affect zircon U–Pb and trace element systematics in a series of 4 h, single-crystal stepwise dissolution experiments at 180 and 210 ∘C. Microtextural data for the zircon samples studied are presented in a companion paper by McKanna et al. (2023). We find that stepwise dissolution at 210 ∘C is more effective at eliminating material affected by open-system behavior and enriched in U, common Pb (Pbc), and light rare earth elements (LREEs); reduces the presence of leaching-induced artifacts that manifest as reverse discordance; and produces more consistent and concordant results in zircon from the three rocks studied. We estimate that stepwise dissolution in three 4 h steps is roughly equivalent to a single ∼ 8 h leaching step due to the insulating properties of the PTFE sleeve in the Parr pressure dissolution vessel, whereas traditionally labs utilize a single 12 h leaching step. We conclude that a single 8 h leaching step at 210 ∘C should remove Pb loss effects in the majority of zircon and that this can be used as an effective approach for routine analysis. Further, we calculate time-integrated alpha doses for leachates and residues from measured radionuclide concentrations to investigate (1) the alpha dose of the material dissolved under the two leaching conditions and (2) the apparent minimum alpha dose required for Pb loss susceptibility: ≥ 6×1017 α g−1.
摘要。在采用同位素稀释热电离质谱法(ID-TIMS)对锆石晶粒进行 U-Pb 测定之前,通常会在氢氟酸(HF)中对其进行化学研磨,以去除晶粒中受辐射损伤的铅损失部分。尽管如此,许多化学研磨数据集仍显示出残余铅损失的证据。在此,我们在 180 和 210 ∘C下进行了一系列 4 小时的单晶逐步溶解实验,测试了化学研磨的温度和持续时间如何影响锆石的 U-Pb 和痕量元素系统学。所研究的锆石样品的微纹理数据见 McKanna 等人的论文(2023 年)。我们发现,在 210 ∘C 下逐步溶解能更有效地剔除受开放系统行为影响、富含铀、普通铅 (Pbc) 和轻稀土元素 (LREE) 的物质;减少表现为反向不一致性的浸出诱导假象的存在;并对所研究的三种岩石中的锆石得出更一致、更协调的结果。我们估计,由于帕尔压力溶解容器中聚四氟乙烯套筒的绝缘性能,分三个 4 小时步骤进行的逐步溶解大致相当于一个 8 小时的浸出步骤,而传统实验室采用的是一个 12 小时的浸出步骤。我们的结论是,在 210 ∘C 温度下进行 8 小时的单次浸出步骤应能消除大多数锆石的铅损失效应,这可作为常规分析的有效方法。此外,我们还根据测得的放射性核素浓度计算了浸出液和残留物的时间积分α剂量,以研究:(1)两种浸出条件下溶解物质的α剂量;(2)铅流失敏感性所需的最小α剂量:≥ 6×1017 α g-1。
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The marine reservoir age of Greenland coastal waters 格陵兰沿海水域的海洋储层年龄
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-5-451-2023
C. Pearce, Karen Søby Özdemir, Ronja Forchhammer Mathiasen, H. Detlef, J. Olsen
Abstract. Knowledge of the marine reservoir age is fundamental for creating reliable chronologies of marine sediment archives based on radiocarbon dating. This age difference between the 14C age of a marine sample and that of its contemporaneous atmosphere is dependent on several factors (among others, ocean circulation, water mass distribution, terrestrial runoff, upwelling, and sea-ice cover) and is therefore spatially heterogeneous. Anthropogenic influence on the global isotopic carbon system, mostly through atmospheric nuclear tests, has complicated the determination of the regional reservoir age correction ΔR, which therefore can only be measured in historic samples of known age. In this study we expand on the few existing measurements of ΔR for the coastal waters around Greenland, by adding 92 new radiocarbon dates on mollusks from museum collections. All studied mollusk samples were collected during historic expeditions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and besides coastal sites around Greenland, the new measurements also include localities from the western Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Iceland Sea. Together with existing measurements, the new results are used to calculate average ΔR values for different regions around Greenland, all in relation to Marine20, the most recent marine radiocarbon calibration curve. To support further discussions and comparison with previous datasets, we use the term ΔR13, where the suffix 13 refers to the previous calibration curve Marine13. Our study explores the links between the marine reservoir age and oceanography, sea-ice cover, water depth, mollusk feeding habits, and the presence of carbonate bedrock. Although we provide regional averages, we encourage people to consult the full catalogue of measurements and determine a suitable ΔR for each case individually, based on the exact location including water depth. Despite this significant expansion of the regional reservoir age database around Greenland, data from the northern coast, directly bordering the Arctic Ocean, remain missing.
摘要。海洋储层年龄的知识是根据放射性碳测年建立可靠的海洋沉积档案年代学的基础。海洋样本的 14C 年龄与其同时代大气的 14C 年龄之间的年龄差异取决于多种因素(其中包括海洋环流、水量分布、陆地径流、上升流和海冰覆盖),因此在空间上是异质的。人类活动对全球碳同位素系统的影响(主要是通过大气核试验)使区域储层年龄校正 ΔR 的确定变得复杂,因此只能在已知年龄的历史样本中进行测量。在这项研究中,我们在格陵兰岛沿岸水域现有的少量 ΔR 测量数据的基础上,增加了 92 个来自博物馆收藏的软体动物的放射性碳年代数据。所有研究的软体动物样本都是在 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初的历史考察中采集的,除了格陵兰岛周围的沿海地点,新的测量结果还包括拉布拉多海西部、巴芬湾和冰岛海的地点。新的测量结果与现有的测量结果一起,用于计算格陵兰岛周围不同地区的平均ΔR 值,所有这些都与最新的海洋放射性碳校准曲线 Marine20 相关。为了支持进一步的讨论以及与以前的数据集进行比较,我们使用了 ΔR13 一词,其中后缀 13 指的是以前的校准曲线 Marine13。我们的研究探讨了海洋储层年龄与海洋学、海冰覆盖率、水深、软体动物觅食习性以及碳酸盐基岩的存在之间的联系。虽然我们提供的是区域平均值,但我们鼓励人们查阅完整的测量目录,并根据包括水深在内的确切位置,为每种情况单独确定合适的ΔR。尽管格陵兰岛周围的区域储层年龄数据库已大大扩展,但直接濒临北冰洋的北部海岸的数据仍然缺失。
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Late Neogene terrestrial climate reconstruction of the central Namib Desert derived by the combination of U–Pb silcrete and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating 结合U-Pb硅质岩和陆地宇宙成因核素暴露年代测定法重建纳米布沙漠中部新近纪晚期陆地气候
Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5194/gchron-5-433-2023
B. Ritter, R. Albert, Aleksandr Rakipov, F. van der Wateren, T. Dunai, Axel Gerdes
Abstract. The chronology of the Cenozoic “Namib Group” of the Namib Desert is rather poorly understood and lacks direct radiometric dating. Thus, the paleoclimate and landscape evolution of the central Namib Desert remains imprecise, complicating the detailed search for global and/or local forcing factors for the aridification of the Namib. The widespread occurrence of calcretes and silcretes in the Namib Desert allows us to apply the novel application of the U–Pb laser ablation dating technique on silcretes and calcretes to date important phases of landscape stability and to retrieve critical paleoclimatic and environmental information on desertification and its paleoclimatic variability. Microscale silcrete formation (maximum of 8 mm) due to pressure solution by expanding calcrete cementation provides the opportunity to date multiple phases (multiple generations of silcrete as growing layers or shells) of silcrete formation. Groundwater silcrete and calcrete formation occurred at our study site during the Pliocene, a period of relatively stable climate and landscape conditions under semi-arid to arid conditions. Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) exposure ages from flat canyon rim surfaces indicate the cessation of groundwater calcrete formation due to incision during the Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene and mark a large-scale landscape rejuvenation due to climate shifts towards more arid conditions in the Pleistocene, which can be connected to global climate patterns. This study demonstrates the feasibility of applying U–Pb laser ablation to groundwater silcrete and calcretes, discusses several important issues associated with this technique, and opens up the possibility of dating numerous sedimentary sequences containing silcretes and calcretes in arid environments. In particular, the use of silcretes (as described above) reduces potential effects of detrital components and bulk signal measurements by using massive calcretes. Our study redefines and improves the generally accepted Late Cenozoic chronostratigraphy of the Namib Desert (Miller, 2008).
摘要。对纳米布沙漠新生代“纳米布群”的年代学了解甚少,缺乏直接的辐射定年法。因此,纳米布中部沙漠的古气候和景观演变仍然不精确,这使得对纳米布干旱化的全球和/或局部强迫因素的详细研究变得复杂。纳米比沙漠中钙砾岩和硅砾岩的广泛分布使我们能够将U-Pb激光烧蚀测年技术应用于硅砾岩和硅砾岩的新应用,以确定景观稳定性的重要阶段,并检索有关荒漠化及其古气候变率的关键古气候和环境信息。微尺度的硅质混凝土形成(最大8毫米)是由膨胀的钙砾石胶结作用的压力溶解造成的,这为确定硅质混凝土形成的多个阶段(作为生长层或壳的多代硅质混凝土)提供了机会。地下水粉砾岩和钙质砾岩的形成发生在上新世,这是一个气候和景观条件相对稳定的半干旱至干旱时期。平原峡谷边缘地表的陆生宇宙核素暴露年龄表明,晚上新世-早更新世期间由于切口导致地下水钙质形成的停止,并标志着更新世气候向更干旱条件转变导致的大规模景观恢复,这与全球气候模式有关。本研究证明了将U-Pb激光烧蚀应用于地下水硅质砾岩和钙质砾岩的可行性,讨论了与该技术相关的几个重要问题,并为干旱环境中含有硅质砾岩和钙质砾岩的大量沉积序列定年开辟了可能性。特别是,硅质硅质硅的使用(如上所述)减少了碎屑成分的潜在影响,并通过使用大量钙来测量大量信号。我们的研究重新定义和改进了普遍接受的纳米比亚沙漠晚新生代年代地层(Miller, 2008)。
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