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Pristine helium from the Karoo mantle plume within the shallow asthenosphere beneath Patagonia

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  • Tiago Jalowitzki

    (Universidade de Brasília (UnB))

  • Hirochika Sumino

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Rommulo V. Conceição

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS))

  • Manuel E. Schilling

    (Universidad Austral de Chile)

  • Gustavo W. Bertotto

    (CONICET - Universidad Nacional de La Pampa)

  • Andrés Tassara

    (Universidad de Concepción)

  • Fernanda Gervasoni

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
    Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel))

  • Yuji Orihashi

    (Hirosaki University)

  • Keisuke Nagao

    (KOPRI (Korea Polar Research Institute))

  • Marcelo Peres Rocha

    (Universidade de Brasília (UnB))

  • Rodrigo Antonio de Freitas Rodrigues

    (Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
    Australian National University)

Abstract

Mantle xenoliths usually represent fragments derived from the depleted and degassed lithospheric mantle with 3He/4He isotope ratios (6 ± 1 RA) lower than those of mid-ocean ridge basalts (8 ± 1 RA). Otherwise, basalts from oceanic islands related to hotspots often have high 3He/4He ratios (>10 RA), suggesting a deep and pristine undegassed mantle source. Here we present a striking high-3He/4He component (up to 27.68 RA) recorded by spinel-facies mantle xenoliths from Patagonia. Remarkably, the highest ratios were found in a long-lived trans-lithospheric suture zone related to the Carboniferous-Permian collision of two continental blocks: the Deseado and the North Patagonian massifs. The mantle xenoliths with notably high-3He/4He ratios are inferred to be fragments of the shallow asthenosphere rising through the eroded and rejuvenated thin lithosphere. The pristine helium component is derived from the western margin of the Karoo mantle plume, related to the initial stages of the Gondwana fragmentation.

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  • Tiago Jalowitzki & Hirochika Sumino & Rommulo V. Conceição & Manuel E. Schilling & Gustavo W. Bertotto & Andrés Tassara & Fernanda Gervasoni & Yuji Orihashi & Keisuke Nagao & Marcelo Peres Rocha & Rod, 2024. "Pristine helium from the Karoo mantle plume within the shallow asthenosphere beneath Patagonia," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-50773-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50773-4
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    1. M. G. Jackson & J. G. Konter & T.W. Becker, 2017. "Primordial helium entrained by the hottest mantle plumes," Nature, Nature, vol. 542(7641), pages 340-343, February.
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