{"title":"In situ oxygen isotope analysis of feldspar and quartz by Nd:YAG laser microprobe","authors":"Don Elsenheimer, John W. Valley","doi":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90200-O","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90200-O","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In situδ<sup>18</sup>O analyses have been reproducibly obtained±0.5‰ (1σ) on 400–1200-μm diameter spots of plagioclase using a Nd:YAG laser microprobe system and BrF<sub>5</sub>. Over 100 analyses if plagioclase megacrysts from a single sample of Marcy Anorthosite were made to determine the optimum analytical conditions. The best results are obtained on 400–800-μm-thick wafers; less accurate and less precise results were obtained on centimeter-thick slabs. Analyses on some individual wafers display very high precision (below±0.2‰, 1σ) that are nearly as good as the precision of conventional analyses. However, such high precision cannot yet be systematically obtained in situ, and it is certain whether it results from especially homogeneous domains within the sample or from differences in operating conditions. Oxygen-leaching and isotope fractionation along the edges of the laser-heated reaction pits may have a minor effect on precision.</p><p>The combination of sub-millimeter spatial resolution and±0.5‰ precision has not previously been ohbtained on feldspar, and provides the means to investigate fluid-rock interactions in a variety of geologic environments. The plagioclase in this study is the first sample for which oxygen isotope homogeneity has been evaluated in situ. The absence of isotopic zonation restricts theories on the roles of fluids associated with the Marcy Anorthosite Massif, New York, U.S.A. In contrast, replicateδ<sup>18</sup>O analyses in quartz, K-feldspar and plagioclase grains in granite from the Siljan Ring astrobleme, Sweden, vary by > 1‰, suggesting the existence of intragranular isotopic heterogeneity resulting from interaction with late meteoric fluids.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100231,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section","volume":"101 1","pages":"Pages 21-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0009-2541(92)90200-O","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79464484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In situ laser microprobe techniques for stable isotope analysis","authors":"Z.D. Sharp","doi":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90199-F","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90199-F","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In situ laser extraction techniques have been developed for determining the stable isotope ratios in carbonates, silicates, oxides and sulfides with high spatial resolution. All of these methods use the laser as a heat source to extract the appropriate gas. Carbonate analyses are made by decomposing the carbonate at elevated temperatures to liberate CO<sub>2</sub>. Oxygen is extracted from silicates by heating the sample surface in a halogen fluoride atmosphere, and sulfur is extracted from sulfides by heating in either an O<sub>2</sub> or halogen fluoride atmosphere. The analytical precision for carbonate analyses isσ = ±0.2‰and±0.1‰ forδ<sup>18</sup>C andδ<sup>18</sup>O, respectively. Higher scatter in some samples is probably due to sample heterogeneities. In situ silicate analyses have a precision ofσ = ±0.1‰0.6‰ depending upon sample material and heterogeneity. The measured isotopic ratio may be different from the accepted value, but is insensitive to changing operating conditions. Published results for in situ analyses of sulfides have a precision of< ±0.3‰ (1σ). Theδ<sup>34</sup>S-values obtained with the laser method are less than accepted values, and vary according to the sulfide.</p><p>A new level of spatial resolution is possible with the in situ laser methods. Oxygen isotope variations of10‰ are found to exist at a scale of< 1mm in greenschist-grade quartz veins. Carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios may be quite heterogeneous in hydrothermal calcites and low-grade marbles. High-grade marbles are isotopically homogeneous. Determinations of isotopic variations at the sub-millimeter scale may be used as an indicator of fluid sources and mechanisms of isotopic exchange.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100231,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section","volume":"101 1","pages":"Pages 3-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0009-2541(92)90199-F","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81290415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A.E. Fallick, P. McConville, A.J. Boyce, R. Burgess, S.P. Kelley
{"title":"Laser microprobe stable isotope measurements on geological materials: Some experimental considerations (with special reference toδ34S in sulphides)","authors":"A.E. Fallick, P. McConville, A.J. Boyce, R. Burgess, S.P. Kelley","doi":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90202-G","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90202-G","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A laser, especially when focused through a petrographic microscope, can provide a localised heat source for extraction of light elements from solids prior to stable isotope ratio measurements by gas-source mass spectrometry. In certain cases, such as conversion of sulphides to SO<sub>2</sub> by combustion in an oxygen atmosphere, it may be necessary to choose operating characteristics which allow the chemistry at the solid target surface to be controlled. Experimental considerations such as wavelength, laser mode and irradiance are discussed and it is shown that several successful system work at very similar irradiances of∼ 10<sup>9</sup>W m<sup>−2</sup>. It is suggested, for those circumstances where high spatial resolution is required and where deep penetration into the surface cannot be tolerated, that a suitable modus operandi is to use a relatively low power but narrowly focused beam to excavate trenches perpendicular to the direction in which resolution is demanded. This allows a spatial resolution of< 100 μm even for porous pyrite witha poor quality of surface.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100231,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section","volume":"101 1","pages":"Pages 53-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0009-2541(92)90202-G","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81727086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Blamart , W. Ru¨hm , W. Spiegel , K. Kato , G. Korschinek , H. Morinaga , G. Morteani , E. Nolte
{"title":"Oxygen stable isotope measurements on a gravestone exposed to the Hiroshima A-bomb explosion and the “Dosimetry System 1986”","authors":"D. Blamart , W. Ru¨hm , W. Spiegel , K. Kato , G. Korschinek , H. Morinaga , G. Morteani , E. Nolte","doi":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90206-K","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90206-K","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The “Dosimetry System 1986”, DS86, established theoretical neutron spectra and fluences of the atomic-bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki correlated with the radiation disease rate of survivors. The actual neutron fluence and spectrum from the Hiroshima explosion can be derived by use of different radioisotopes produced by neutron capture reactions due to different neutron capture cross-sections.</p><p>In a gravestone 107 m from the hypocentre of the explosion in Hiroshima, the radioisotopes<sup>36</sup>Cl,<sup>41</sup>Ca,<sup>60</sup>Co,<sup>152</sup>Eu and<sup>154</sup>Eu were already measured. From this a neutron spectrum can be derived which is much harder than the neutron spectrum used in DS86 provided the gravestone represents a closed system. To check this, petrographic and oxygen stable isotope investigations were performed on the gravestone as well as on a not-irradiated sample coming from the same quarry as the gravestone. The results of the petrographic and geochemical studies both negate the possibility of major isotopic exchange with rainwater.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100231,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section","volume":"101 1","pages":"Pages 93-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0009-2541(92)90206-K","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87515053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LASSIE (laser ablation sampler for stable isotope extraction) applied to carbonate minerals","authors":"P.C. Smalley, C.N. Maile, M.L. Coleman, J.E. Rouse","doi":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90201-F","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90201-F","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>LASSIE is an instrument that enables rapid (∼ 30 min) stable isotope analysis of extremely small (∼ 35-μm diameter) areas of carbonates, selected by the operator from a colour TV image of a thin rock slice. This allows<em>practical routine</em> integration of petrography with isotopic analysis.</p><p>The main technical problem—isotopic fractionation during laser ablation—has been overcome by generating correction factors based on analyses of standards (for calcite, correction factors are +1.2‰ forδ<sup>18</sup>O, —0.8‰ forδ<sup>13</sup>C. Accuracy is determined by the uncertainty (σ) in these correction factors:±0.4‰ forδ<sup>18</sup>O andδ<sup>13</sup>C. Reprocducibility of replicate analyses is also∼ ±0.4‰ (σ) forδ<sup>18</sup>O and ∼±0.2‰ forδ<sup>13</sup>C.</p><p>An example in which LASSIE analyses were performed on carbonate-cemented sandstones, demonstrated the ability of LASSIE to resolve the various components of a complex carbonate mixture. The study further demonstrated how conventional bulk analyses can give uninterpretable or, worse, misleading results.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100231,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section","volume":"101 1","pages":"Pages 43-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0009-2541(92)90201-F","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75148315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of high-sensitivity carbon isotope techniques— a question of blanks","authors":"P.D. Yates, I.P. Wright, C.T. Pillinger","doi":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90205-J","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0009-2541(92)90205-J","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The performance of a new carbon stable isotope static mass spectrometer over the sample size range 10 pmol to 1 nmol is reviewed with reference to standard data gathered over a year of operation. Specimens of known isotopic composition and zero enrichment tests suggest that the instrument is accurate to within±0.5‰ over the entire sample size range, with precision only becoming worse than∼±;1‰at< 80pmol. Efforts to obtain “blanks” compatible with the above performance are also reviewed. A procedure is available which controls the total blank in a stepped combustion, from room temperature to 1200°C, to 1 nmol; in the temperature range of most inserest for extraterrestrial samples (600–1200°C),⩽50pmol can be achieved. However, a real benefit of the new instrument is that isotopic compositions of the blanks can be accurately obtained, so allowing a proper assessment of its causes and a correction of sample data if desired.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100231,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section","volume":"101 1","pages":"Pages 81-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0009-2541(92)90205-J","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79353403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}