Noble gases in D’Orbigny, Sahara 99555 and D’Orbigny glass—Evidence for early planetary processing on the angrite parent body

We analyzed the spallogenic, trapped, fissiogenic and radiogenic noble gas components in various bulk samples of the angrites D’Orbigny and Sahara 99555 as well as in glass separates of D’Orbigny. The D’Orbigny glass samples show hints of solar-like noble gases, as deduced from the trapped elemental and Ne isotopic compositions; the bulk samples do not contain detectable amounts of trapped gases. These observations indicate that D’Orbigny experienced a complex history shortly after its formation 4.56 Ga ago. The glass of D’Orbigny most likely represents magma that rose from the interior of the angrite parent body (APB) and was quenched near the surface. Hence, the APB may contain—similar to the interior of Earth and Mars—solar noble gases. This would call into question the suggested trapping mechanism for solar noble gases in the Earth and Mars, which involves the solution of early atmospheres into magma oceans, due to the APB’s inability to retain a primordial atmosphere. The first detection of—possibly parentless—radiogenic excess ¹²⁹Xe and solar noble gases in the glass of D’Orbigny indicates that the interior of APB degassed to a lesser degree than the outer regions. Therefore primordially trapped, fossil ¹²⁹I was kept. The APB was not completely devolatilized. Sahara 99555 yields a cosmic-ray exposure age of 6.8 ± 0.3 Ma, while D’Orbigny was exposed to cosmic rays for 11.9 ± 1.2 Ma. Both ages are different than those found in the other angrites. Hence, the angrites analyzed so far sampled surface material from the APB that was ejected in at least five events. In contrast to the bulk sample, the D’Orbigny glass separates yield concordant ages of only 3.0 ± 1.1 Ma, apparently suggesting a pre-exposure of the host material. However, such a scenario is unlikely, due to very similar Mn-Cr ages found in the bulk and glass of D’Orbigny. Most likely, this discrepancy is the result of additional, secondary gas-free glass. Such glass might have been formed during the meteorite’s entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Isotopically anomalous Xe due to the decay of ²⁴⁷Cm has not been found. The presence of ²⁴⁷Cm in glass of D’Orbigny has been suggested based on Pb isotope constraints.     

Plastic debris collars on juvenile carcharhinid sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) in southwest Atlantic

Three juvenile Brazilian sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon lalandii) caught in gillnets in southeast Brazil, southwest Atlantic, were found with plastic debris rings around their gill or mouth region. The rings caused severe abrasion on the sharks' tissues as the animal grew, the collars probably hampering normal feeding and/or ventilation since two of the collared individuals were emaciated. The rings were identified as detachable lid parts from plastic bottles, likely thrown overboard by fishery and/or recreation boats. As several carcharhinid shark species dwells and reproduce in shallow waters, the impact of discarded plastic debris likely is greater on this shark type.     

Orogenically controlled sedimentation in the Lechtaler Kreideschiefer (Lechtal shale; Cretaceous) and geodynamics of the inner western NCA (Northern Calcareous Alps; Lechtal Alps)

Only recently have sedimentological studies been integrated with orogenic research. The analysis of the Lechtaler Kreideschiefer (Lechtal Shale; Lower Cretaceous) demonstrates that these sediments reflect orogeny. Subduction and compressive tectonics resulted in the formation of a nappe pile. Folding of the epicontinental shelf formed long syn- and anticlines. In contrast to the uplifting anticlines the synclines represent subsiding depocenters with continuous sedimentation. Sheet-like olistostromes migrated in a broad front towards the axes of the Inner-Calcalpine synclines. The line-source character of unchannelized clastic influx from anticlines is different from fault-scarp breccias, slope aprons and the point-source of fan models. Some olistostromes document the initial tectonic elimination of various depocenters and can be recognized below following tectonic units: The Lechtal and the Inntal Nappe, the Braunarlspitz Wedge, the Hasenfluh Klippe, the Krabachjoch Thrust Outlier. These tectonic bodies arose from apparent overturning (UeberfaltungBlumer, 1905; UntermuldungLeiss, 1988, 1989 1990) and lie on synclines filled with synorogenic sediments. The thrust distance is 5–10 km.After the transport of the Inntal Nappe into the depocenter of the Lechtal Syncline, the Upper-Cretaceous Muttekopf Gosau was deposited in a depression on the back of the Inntal Nappe. The basal Gosau marks a molasse. The axial plane of the Muttekopf Syncline coincides with that of the Lechtal Syncline. The framework of the dominant Lechtal Syncline does not just contain a Lower but also an Upper Cretaceous profile separated by the Inntal Nappe.The so-called Klesenza Window represents not a true tectonic window of uncovered Arosa Zone, but a deposit of Lechtal Shale with spilite olistoliths.

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Zusammenfassung Erst in jüngster Zeit wird die Sedimentologie in die Orogenese einbezogen. Die Lechtaler Kreideschiefer (Unter-/Mittelkreide) der Lechtaler Alpen wurden mittels der Beckenanalyse auf synorogene Ablagerungen untersucht. Die beginnende Faltung zerteilt den epikontinentalen Schelf in weithin aushaltende Synklinal- und Antiklinalzüge. Während die Antiklinalen als Hebungsareale in Erscheinung treten, akkumulieren die Synklinalen als Depozentren Sedimente mit durchgehenden Profilen. Eingeschaltete Olistostrome in Hemipelagiten entlang den Beckenachsen sind typisch für diese Intraplate-Tröge. Rezente Fächermodelle vom Kontinentalhang sind nicht vergleichbar. Olistostrome als finale orogene Serien wurden in den Depozentren unterhalb folgenden tektonischen Einheiten erkannt: Lechtal Decke, Braunarlspitz Schuppe, Hasenfluh Klippe, Inntal Decke, Krabach Masse, Laagers (Larsenn) Deckscholle.Nach der tektonischen Platznahme der westlichen Inntal Decke im ehemaligen Sedimentationsraum der Lechtal Synklinale wird dort nach einem Hiatus die Gosau der Oberkreide als Molasse abgelagert. Die Sedimentationsräume der Lechtal Synclinale/Synclinorium und der Muttekopf Gosau liegen in senkrechter Projektion, nur durch die Gesteinsplatte der Inntal Decke getrennt. Hiermit vergleichbar ist der NW-Rand der Lechtal Decke.Schuppen und Decken der Lechtaler Alpen entwickeln sich aus abgescherten Falten (Blumer, 1905), wobei die dislozierten Antiklinalfirste die Synklinalen mit ihrer Sedimentfüllung überfahren. Der Tektonismus beruht auf Subduktion.Das sogenannte Klesenza-Fenster stellt als Vorkommen der Lechtaler Kreideschiefer mit einem Schwarm von Spilit-Olistholithen kein echtes tektonisches Fenster dar.

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Résumé Ce n'est qu'à une époque récente que la sédimentologie a été intégrée aux recherches orogéniques. L'analyse des bassins, appliquée aux «Lechtaler Kreideschiefer» (Crétacé inférieur à moyen, Alpes de Lechtal) montre le caractère synorogénique de cette formation. Le début du plissement a engendré dans le shelf épicontinental une série d'anticlinaux et de synclinaux allongés. Tandis que les anticlinaux formaient des zones soulevées, les synclinaux ont constitué des aires subsidentes de sédimentation continue. Des olistostromes intercalaires mis en place tout le long de ces structures caractérisent ces bassins intraplaques. Ce dispositif n'est pas comparable aux modèles récents de dépôts en éventail effectués à partir du talus continental ou d'escarpements de failles. Certains de ces olistostromes peuvent être identifiés sous les unités tectoniques suivantes, dont la mise en place sur les aires de sédimentation synorogénique a marqué la fin de celles-ci: la nappe du Lechtal, l'écaille du Braunarlspitz, la clippe de Hasenfluh, la nappe de l'Inntal, la masse charriée de Krabach. La flèche de ces charriages est de 5 à 10 km. Le transport de la nappe de l'Inntal occidentale sur le bassin du synclinal du Lechtal a été suivi, après un hiatus, du dépôt, au Crétacé supérieur, de la formation molassique du Gosau du Muttekopf, dans une dépression située sur le dos de la nappe. Il en résulte que l'ensemble du Lechtal comporte une série crétacée inférieure et une série crétacée supérieure, séparées par la nappe de l'Inntal. La bordure nord-ouest de la nappe du Lechtal présente une disposition analogue.La prétendue «fenêtre de Klesenza» n'est pas une vraie fenêtre tectonique découvrant la zone d'Arosa, mais une zone d'affleurement des schistes des schistes de Lechtal accompagnés d'ophiolites spillitiques.

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Evidence for common breakup events of the acapulcoites‐lodranites and chondrites

Abstract— Acapulcoites and lodranites are believed to originate on a common parent body and to represent some of the earliest events in the differentiation of the chondritic asteroids. We have conducted isotopic studies of the noble gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe, and determinations of the concentrations of the major elements and of the radionuclides ¹⁰Be, ²⁶Al, and ³⁶Cl in an attempt to constrain the cosmic‐ray exposure history of two members of the acapulcoite‐lodranite clan recovered in Antarctica: Frontier Mountain (FRO) 95029 and Graves Nunataks (GRA) 95209. From cosmic‐ray‐produced ³He, ²¹Ne, and ³⁸Ar and appropriate production rates, we derive parent‐body breakup times of 4.59 ± 0.60 and 6.82 ± 0.60 Ma for FOR 95029 and GRA 95209, respectively. These times are consistent with those obtained from the pairs ¹⁰Be‐²¹Ne and ²⁶Al‐²¹Ne; whereas the times inferred from the pair ³⁶Cl‐³⁶Ar are slightly longer, perhaps because the ³⁶Cl activities decreased as a result of decay on Earth. Terrestrial ages up to ～50 ka for the two meteorites are consistent with the measured ³⁶Cl activities of the metal phases. All acapulcoites and lodranites dated until now show cosmic‐ray exposure ages in the range of 4–10 Ma. This is the same range as that found for the major exposure age cluster of the H chondrites. As a common parent body is improbable on the basis of the O‐isotopic systematics, a common set of impactors might have affected the asteroid belt 4–10 Ma ago.     

Comparison of cosmic‐ray exposure ages and trapped noble gases in chondrule and matrix samples of ordinary,enstatite, and carbonaceous chondrites

Abstract— We performed a comprehensive study of the He, Ne, and Ar isotopic abundances and of the chemical composition of bulk material and components of the H chondrites Dhajala, Bath, Cullison, Grove Mountains 98004, Nadiabondi, Ogi, and Zag, of the L chondrites Grassland, Northwest Africa 055, Pavlograd, and Ladder Creek, of the E chondrite Indarch, and of the C chondrites Hammadah al Hamra 288, Acfer 059, and Allende. We discuss a procedure and necessary assumptions for the partitioning of measured data into cosmogenic, radiogenic, implanted, and indigenous noble gas components. For stone meteorites, we derive a cosmogenic ratio ²⁰Ne/²²Ne of 0.80 ± 0.03 and a trapped solar ⁴He/³He ratio of 3310 ± 130 using our own and literature data. Chondrules and matrix from nine meteorites were analyzed. Data from Dhajala chondrules suggest that some of these may have experienced precompaction irradiation by cosmic rays. The other chondrules and matrix samples yield consistent cosmic‐ray exposure (CRE) ages within experimental errors. Some CRE ages of some of the investigated meteorites fall into clusters typically observed for the respective meteorite groups. Only Bath's CRE age falls on the 7 Ma double‐peak of H chondrites, while Ogi's fits the 22 Ma peak. The studied chondrules contain trapped ²⁰Ne and ³⁶Ar concentrations in the range of 10^?6–10^?9 cm³ STP/g. In most chondrules, trapped Ar is of type Q (ordinary chondritic Ar), which suggests that this component is indigenous to the chondrule precursor material. The history of the Cullison chondrite is special in several respects: large fractions of both CR‐produced ³He and of radiogenic ⁴He were lost during or after parent body breakup, in the latter case possibly by solar heating at small perihelion distances. Furthermore, one of the matrix samples contains constituents with a regolith history on the parent body before compaction. It also contains trapped Ne with a ²⁰Ne/²²Ne ratio of 15.5 ± 0.5, apparently fractionated solar Ne.     

The antiquity indicator argon‐40/argon‐36 for lunar surface samples calibrated by uranium‐235‐xenon‐136 dating

Abstract— Several solar gas rich lunar soils and breccias have trapped ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratios >10, although solar Ar is expected to yield a ratio of <0.01. Radiogenic ⁴⁰Ar produced in the lunar crust from ⁴⁰K decay was outgassed into the lunar atmosphere, ionized, accelerated in the electromagnetic field of the solar wind, and reimplanted into lunar surface material. The ⁴⁰Ar loss rate depends on the decreasing abundance of ⁴⁰K. In order to calibrate the time dependence of the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratio in lunar surface material, the period of reimplantation of lunar atmospheric ions and of solar wind Ar was determined using the ²³⁵U‐¹³⁶Xe dating method that relies on secondary cosmic‐ray neutron‐induced fission of ²³⁵U. We identified the trapped, fissiogenic, and cosmogenic noble gases in lunar breccia 14307 and lunar soils 70001‐8, 70181, 74261, and 75081. Uranium and Th concentrations were determined in the 74261 soil for which we obtain the ²³⁵U‐¹³⁶Xe time of implantation of 3.25^+0.38_‐0.60 Ga ago. On the basis of several cosmogenic noble gas signatures we calculate the duration of this near surface exposure of 393 ± 45 Ma and an average shielding depth below the lunar surface of 73 ± 7 g/cm². A second, recent exposure to solar and cosmic‐ray particles occurred after this soil was excavated from Shorty crater 17.2 ± 1.4 Ma ago. Using a compilation of all lunar data with reliable trapped Ar isotopic ratios and pre‐exposure times we infer a calibration curve of implantation times, based on the trapped⁴⁰ Ar/³⁶Ar ratio. A possible trend for the increase with time of the solar ³He/⁴He and ²⁰Ne/²²Ne ratios of about 12%/Ga and about 2%/Ga, respectively, is also discussed.     

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