Title :

Aqueous alteration of porous microchondrules in Semarkona: Implications for hydration, oxidation and elemental exchange processes

Author(s) :

Dobrica, Elena [Auteur]
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Albuquerque] [EPS]
Le Guillou, Corentin [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Brearley, Adrian J. [Auteur]
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Albuquerque] [EPS]

Journal title :

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volume number :

244

Pages :

292-307

Publication date :

2019-01

ISSN :

0016-7037

English keyword(s) :

Microchondrules
Aqueous alteration
Hydration
Oxidation
Unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]
Physique [physics]/Matière Condensée [cond-mat]/Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Physique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]
Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre
Chimie/Matériaux
Physique [physics]/Physique [physics]/Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]

English abstract : [en]

Porous, igneous glassy microchondrules are relatively common in Semarkona and other unequilibrated ordinary chondrites (UOC), occurring embedded within the fine-grained matrices and the chondrule rims. We have investigated ...
Show more >Porous, igneous glassy microchondrules are relatively common in Semarkona and other unequilibrated ordinary chondrites (UOC), occurring embedded within the fine-grained matrices and the chondrule rims. We have investigated the effects of aqueous alteration on two porous microchondrules and associated amorphous silicate materials in the fine-grained matrix of the Semarkona (LL3.00) ordinary chondrite. The iron valency was measured by synchrotron-based scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) and detailed compositional and mineralogical data were obtained by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Our STXM data show that the iron in both microchondrules and the amorphous matrix materials is highly oxidized, with elevated ferric iron contents (up to Fe3+/PFe ratio 81%). The oxidation process appears to be the result of the interaction of aqueous fluids produced by melting of water ice that accreted into the LL chondrite parent body. The lack of secondary phases such as phyllosilicates or FeO-rich olivines in the microchondrules and the surrounding fine-grained matrix indicates that aqueous alteration was extremely limited. The distribution of major and minor elements indicates limited elemental exchange between the porous microchondrules and the adjacent fine-grained matrix, suggesting that the chemical composition of the two porous microchondrules was not extensively modified during the aqueous alteration. Therefore, these results strongly support the recent conclusions that porous and nonporous microchondrules have different precursor compositions, since their bulk compositions are different and have not been extensively modified by secondary processes.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSCL
CNRS
INRA

Collections :

• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Research team(s) :

Matériaux Terrestres et Planétaires

Submission date :

2019-05-17T09:24:58Z
2019-06-19T12:41:41Z
2019-10-22T10:12:33Z
2023-01-13T09:49:17Z