U-series disequilibria in Kick’em Jenny submarine volcano lavas: A new view of time-scales of magmatism in convergent margins

We present data for U and its decay series nuclides ²³⁰Th, ²²⁶Ra, ²³¹Pa, and ²¹⁰Po for 14 lavas from Kick’em Jenny (KEJ) submarine volcano to constrain the time-scales and processes of magmatism in the Southern Lesser Antilles, the arc having the globally lowest plate convergence rate. Although these samples are thought to have been erupted in the last century, most have (²²⁶Ra)/(²¹⁰Po) within ±15% of unity. Ten out of 14 samples have significant ²²⁶Ra excesses over ²³⁰Th, with (²²⁶Ra)/(²³⁰Th) up to 2.97, while four samples are in ²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th equilibrium within error. All KEJ samples have high (²³¹Pa)/(²³⁵U), ranging from 1.56 to 2.64 and high ²³⁸U excesses (up to 43%), providing a global end-member of high ²³⁸U and high ²³¹Pa excesses. Negative correlations between Sr, sensitive to plagioclase fractionation, and Ho/Sm, sensitive to amphibole fractionation, or K/Rb, sensitive to open system behavior, indicate that differentiation at KEJ lavas was dominated by amphibole fractionation and open-system assimilation. While (²³¹Pa)/(²³⁵U) does not correlate with differentiation indices such as Ho/Sm, (²³⁰Th)/(²³⁸U) shows a slight negative correlation, likely due to assimilation of materials with slightly higher (²³⁰Th)/(²³⁸U). Samples with ²²⁶Ra excess have higher Sr/Th and Ba/Th than those in ²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th equilibrium, forming rough positive correlations of (²²⁶Ra)/(²³⁰Th) with Sr/Th and Ba/Th similar to those observed in many arc settings. We interpret these correlations to reflect a time-dependent magma differentiation process at shallow crustal levels and not the process of recent fluid addition at the slab-wedge interface.The high ²³¹Pa excesses require an in-growth melting process operating at low melting rates and small residual porosity; such a model will also produce significant ²³⁸U-²³⁰Th and ²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th disequilibrium in erupted lavas, meaning that signatures of recent fluid addition from the slab are unlikely to be preserved in KEJ lavas. We instead propose that most of the ²³⁸U-²³⁰Th, ²²⁶Ra-²³⁰Th, and ²³⁵U-²³¹Pa disequilibria in erupted KEJ lavas reflect the in-growth melting process in the mantle wedge (reflecting variations in U/Th, daughter-parent ratios, fO₂, and thermal structure), followed by modification by magma differentiation at crustal depths. Such a conclusion reconciles the different temporal implications from different U-series parent-daughter pairs and relaxes the time constraint on mass transfer from slab to eruption occurring in less than a few thousand years imposed by models whereby ²²⁶Ra excess is derived from the slab.     

Control of organic and iron colloids on arsenic partition and transport in high arsenic groundwaters in the Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia

Due to the importance of colloids in regulating element transport and mobility in aquifers, As distribution in the colloidal fraction needs to be identified in high As groundwaters. Groundwater samples were filtered in the field through a progressively decreasing pore size (0.45 μm, 100, 30, 10, 5 kDa) using a filtration technique under a N₂ atmosphere. Major and trace elements and organic C (OC) were measured in (ultra)filtrates. The studied groundwater samples have typical physio-chemical characteristics of the basin waters. Declines in concentrations of alkali (Na, K), alkaline-earth (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) elements, Mo, Si and Se during ultrafiltration are smaller relative to other elements. Arsenic, Cu, Cr, U and V are generally about 30% lower in 5 kDa ultrafiltrates in comparison with 0.45 μm filtrates. Around 50% of Fe, OC and Al are bound to colloids with grain size between 5 kDa and 0.45 μm. Two types of colloids, including large-size Fe colloids and small-size organic colloids, have been identified. Results indicate that As would be more likely to be associated with small-size organic colloids than Fe colloids. SEM images and EDS analysis and synchrotron XRF analyses confirm the association of As with NOM with molecular weights of 5-10 kDa. The better correlation between As(V) and OC in the 5-10 kDa fraction indicates that the small-size organic colloids have a greater affinity for As(V) than As(III). Arsenic associated with organic complexes may not be immobilized by adsorption, and, therefore, easily transported in the aquifer. Thus, the presence of As-containing colloidal complexes in high As groundwaters must be considered in the modeling of As transport in the aquifers.     

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