Abstract
Experiments were performed to measure the isotopic fractionation of boron between illite/smectite (I/S) clay minerals and water as a function of temperature (300° and 350°C) and degree of illitization. Corresponding changes in the oxygen isotopes were monitored as an indication of the approach to equilibrium. The kinetics of the B-isotope exchange follows the mineralogical restructuring of smectite as it recrystallizes to illite. An initial decline in δ11BI/S occurs when the I/S is randomly ordered (RO). The δ11BI/S values reach a plateau during R1 ordering of the I/S, representing a metastable condition. The greatest change in δ11BI/S is observed during long-range (R3) ordering of the I/S when neoformation occurs. Values of δ11BI/S measured on the equilibrium reaction products were used to construct a B-isotope fraction curve. There is a linear correlation among data from these experiments and 1100°C basaltic melt-fluid fractionation experiments (Hervig and Moore, 2000) that can be extrapolated to include adsorption experiments at 25°C (Palmer et al., 1987). Unlike other stable isotopic systems (e.g., oxygen) there is no mineral-specific fractionation of B-isotopes, but rather a coordination dependence of the fractionation. Under diagenetic conditions B is predominantly in trigonal coordination in fluids but substitutes in tetrahedral sites of silicates. The preference of 10B for tetrahedral bonds is the major fractionating factor of B in silicates.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1769-1782 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
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Boron isotope geochemistry during diagenesis. Part I. Experimental determination of fractionation during illitization of smectite. / Williams, Lynda; Hervig, Richard; Holloway, John R.; Hutcheon, Ian.
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T1 - Boron isotope geochemistry during diagenesis. Part I. Experimental determination of fractionation during illitization of smectite
AU - Williams, Lynda
AU - Hervig, Richard
AU - Holloway, John R.
AU - Hutcheon, Ian
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Experiments were performed to measure the isotopic fractionation of boron between illite/smectite (I/S) clay minerals and water as a function of temperature (300° and 350°C) and degree of illitization. Corresponding changes in the oxygen isotopes were monitored as an indication of the approach to equilibrium. The kinetics of the B-isotope exchange follows the mineralogical restructuring of smectite as it recrystallizes to illite. An initial decline in δ11BI/S occurs when the I/S is randomly ordered (RO). The δ11BI/S values reach a plateau during R1 ordering of the I/S, representing a metastable condition. The greatest change in δ11BI/S is observed during long-range (R3) ordering of the I/S when neoformation occurs. Values of δ11BI/S measured on the equilibrium reaction products were used to construct a B-isotope fraction curve. There is a linear correlation among data from these experiments and 1100°C basaltic melt-fluid fractionation experiments (Hervig and Moore, 2000) that can be extrapolated to include adsorption experiments at 25°C (Palmer et al., 1987). Unlike other stable isotopic systems (e.g., oxygen) there is no mineral-specific fractionation of B-isotopes, but rather a coordination dependence of the fractionation. Under diagenetic conditions B is predominantly in trigonal coordination in fluids but substitutes in tetrahedral sites of silicates. The preference of 10B for tetrahedral bonds is the major fractionating factor of B in silicates.
AB - Experiments were performed to measure the isotopic fractionation of boron between illite/smectite (I/S) clay minerals and water as a function of temperature (300° and 350°C) and degree of illitization. Corresponding changes in the oxygen isotopes were monitored as an indication of the approach to equilibrium. The kinetics of the B-isotope exchange follows the mineralogical restructuring of smectite as it recrystallizes to illite. An initial decline in δ11BI/S occurs when the I/S is randomly ordered (RO). The δ11BI/S values reach a plateau during R1 ordering of the I/S, representing a metastable condition. The greatest change in δ11BI/S is observed during long-range (R3) ordering of the I/S when neoformation occurs. Values of δ11BI/S measured on the equilibrium reaction products were used to construct a B-isotope fraction curve. There is a linear correlation among data from these experiments and 1100°C basaltic melt-fluid fractionation experiments (Hervig and Moore, 2000) that can be extrapolated to include adsorption experiments at 25°C (Palmer et al., 1987). Unlike other stable isotopic systems (e.g., oxygen) there is no mineral-specific fractionation of B-isotopes, but rather a coordination dependence of the fractionation. Under diagenetic conditions B is predominantly in trigonal coordination in fluids but substitutes in tetrahedral sites of silicates. The preference of 10B for tetrahedral bonds is the major fractionating factor of B in silicates.
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