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D/H ratios and H2O contents of mantle-derived amphibole megacrysts from Dish Hill, CaliforniaD/H ratios are, in principle, useful in characterizing reservoirs of mantle hydrogen and as tracers of volatile transfer processes in Earth's interior. In practice, however, interpretation of isotopic measurements on mantle derived H is complicated by surface processes such as contamination and degassing which may alter the primary D/H ratio. Although there are indications that water associated with subduction zones and certain chemically enriched basalts is enriched in D relative to 'typical' upper mantle water, the extent of isotopic heterogeneity of mantle H remains uncertain. Kaersutitic amphibole megacrysts in alkaline basalts are one of the most widespread sources of mantle water and are therefore potentially useful for large-scale regional studies of D/H variation. However, D/H ratios of these amphiboles vary widely (from plus 8 to minus 113 percent), even in samples from the same locality, so that this potential has yet to be realized. In order to investigate the origin of this variability, and to explore the possibility that primary mantle D/H ratios may be deduced from these amphiboles, we analyzed the D/H ratios and chemical compositions of a suite of 17 kaersutitic amphiboles from Dish Hill, California. This work contrasts with previous studies in which sampling is widespread, but representatives from any given locality are few. Samples were collected from a restricted area on the southern flank of the volcanic center and are associated with the basal volcanic breccia. Fourteen of the samples were large single crystals or crystal fragments (megacrysts, 0.4 to 30 grams), believed to derive from pegmatitic veins crystallized from melts in the mantle. Two were coarse-grained intergrowths of amphibole with olivine and spinel, and one was a thin (2 mm) selvage on a peridotite xenolith.
Document ID
19950015364
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bell, David R.
(Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington, DC, United States)
Hoering, T. C.
(Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Conference on Deep Earth and Planetary Volatiles
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95N21781
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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