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In situ oxygen isotope compositions in olivines of different types of cosmic spherules: An assessment of relationships to chondritic particles

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Title In situ oxygen isotope compositions in olivines of different types of cosmic spherules: An assessment of relationships to chondritic particles
 
Creator Rudraswami, N.G.
ShyamPrasad, M.
Jones, R.H.
Nagashima, K.
 
Subject Geology and geophysics
Geology and geophysics
Chemistry and biogeochemistry
 
Description Cosmic spherules collected from deep sea sediments of the Indian Ocean having different textures such as scoriaceous (4), relict-bearing (16), porphyritic (35) and barred olivine (2) were investigated for petrography, as well as high precision oxygen isotopic studies on olivine grains using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The oxide FeO/MgO ratios of large olivines (>20 micro m) in cosmic spherules have low values similar to those seen in the olivines of carbonaceous chondrite chondrules, rather than matching the compositions of matrix. The oxygen isotope compositions of olivines in cosmic spherules have a wide range of delta18O, delta17O and delta17O values as follows: -9 to 40‰, -13 to 22‰ and -11 to 6‰. Our results suggest that the oxygen isotope compositions of the scoriaceous, relict-bearing, porphyritic and barred spherules show provenance related to the carbonaceous (CM, CV, CO and CR) chondrites. The different types of spherules that has experienced varied atmospheric heating during entry has not significantly altered the delta17O values. However, one of the relict-bearing spherules with a large relict grain has delta17O = 5.7‰, suggesting that it is derived from 16O-poor material that is not recognized in the meteorite record. A majority of the spherules have delta17O ranging from -4 to -2‰, similar to values in chondrules from carbonaceous chondrites, signifying that chondrules of carbonaceous chondrites are the major contributors to the flux of micrometeorites, with an insignificant fraction derived from ordinary chondrites. Furthermore, barred spherule data shows that during atmospheric entry an increase in ~10‰ of delta18 O value surges delta17O value by ~1‰.
 
Date 2016-10-13T12:35:35Z
2016-10-13T12:35:35Z
2016
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol.194; 2016; 1-14
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5028
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2016] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier