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标题：Influence of contamination on banded iron formations in the Isua supracrustal belt, West Greenland: Reevaluation of the Eoarchean seawater compositions
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作者：Shogo Aoki ; Chiho Kabashima ; Yasuhiro Kato 等
期刊名称：Geoscience Frontiers
印刷版ISSN：1674-9871
出版年度：2018
卷号：9
期号：4
页码：1049-1072
DOI：10.1016/j.gsf.2016.11.016
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractBanded Iron Formations (BIFs) are chemical sediments, ubiquitously distributed in the Precambrian supracrustal belts; thus their trace element compositions are helpful for deciphering geochemical evolution on the Earth through time. However, it is necessary to elucidate factors controlling the whole-rock compositions in order to decode the ancient seawater compositions because their compositions are highly variable. We analyzed major and trace element contents of the BIFs in the 3.8–3.7 Ga Isua supracrustal belt (ISB), southern West Greenland. The BIFs are petrographically classified into four types: Black-, Gray-, Green- and White-types, respectively. The Green-type BIFs contain more amphiboles, and are significantly enriched in Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, heavy rare earth element (HREE) and U contents. However, their bulk compositions are not suitable for estimate of seawater composition because the enrichment was caused by secondary mobility of metamorphic Mg, Ca and Si-rich fluid, involvement of carbonate minerals and silicate minerals of olivine and pyroxene and/or later silicification or contamination of volcanic and clastic materials. The White-type BIFs are predominant in quartz, and have lower transition element and REE contents. The Gray-type BIFs contain both quartz and magnetite. The Black-type BIFs are dominated by magnetite, and contain moderate to high transition element and REE contents. But, positive correlations of V, Ni, Zn and U contents with Zr contents suggest that involvement of detrital, volcanic and exhalative materials influences on their contents. The evidence for significant influence of the materials on the transition element contents such as Ni in the BIFs indicates the transition element contents in the Archean ocean were much lower than previously estimated. We reconstructed secular variations of V, Co, Zn and U contents of BIFs through time, which show Ni and Co contents decreased whereas V, Zn and U contents increased through time. Especially, the Ni and Co contents drastically decreased in the Mesoarchean rather than around the Great Oxidation Event. On the other hand, the V, Zn and U contents progressively increased from the Mesoarchean to the Proterozoic. Stratigraphical trends of the BIFs show increase in Y/Ho ratios and decrease in positive Eu anomaly upwards, respectively. The stratigraphic changes indicate that a ratio of hydrothermal fluid to seawater component gradually decrease through the deposition, and support the Eoarchean plate tectonics, analogous to the their stratigraphic variations of seafloor metalliferous sediments at present and in the Mesoarchean.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•The compositions of BIFs also depend on the lithofacies and contamination.•We reconstructed the secular variations of V, Co, Ni, Zn and U contents in BIFs.•The Ni content in the Eoarchean BIFs is much lower than previous estimate.•The Ni contents in BIFs decreased before 2.7 Ga.•Chemostratigraphy of the REE + Y contents implies the Eoarchean plate tectonics.
关键词：KeywordsenBanded iron formationsEoarcheanIsua supracrustal beltBioessential elementsSeawater compositions