scholarly journals Early volatile depletion on planetesimals inferred from C–S systematics of iron meteorite parent bodies

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (13) ◽  
pp. e2026779118
Author(s):  
Marc M. Hirschmann ◽  
Edwin A. Bergin ◽  
Geoff A. Blake ◽  
Fred J. Ciesla ◽  
Jie Li

During the formation of terrestrial planets, volatile loss may occur through nebular processing, planetesimal differentiation, and planetary accretion. We investigate iron meteorites as an archive of volatile loss during planetesimal processing. The carbon contents of the parent bodies of magmatic iron meteorites are reconstructed by thermodynamic modeling. Calculated solid/molten alloy partitioning of C increases greatly with liquid S concentration, and inferred parent body C concentrations range from 0.0004 to 0.11 wt%. Parent bodies fall into two compositional clusters characterized by cores with medium and low C/S. Both of these require significant planetesimal degassing, as metamorphic devolatilization on chondrite-like precursors is insufficient to account for their C depletions. Planetesimal core formation models, ranging from closed-system extraction to degassing of a wholly molten body, show that significant open-system silicate melting and volatile loss are required to match medium and low C/S parent body core compositions. Greater depletion in C relative to S is the hallmark of silicate degassing, indicating that parent body core compositions record processes that affect composite silicate/iron planetesimals. Degassing of bare cores stripped of their silicate mantles would deplete S with negligible C loss and could not account for inferred parent body core compositions. Devolatilization during small-body differentiation is thus a key process in shaping the volatile inventory of terrestrial planets derived from planetesimals and planetary embryos.

Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Litasov ◽  
Svetlana Teplyakova ◽  
Anton Shatskiy ◽  
Konstantin Kuper

Here we report new data on high-pressure microstructures in Elga group IIE iron meteorites, made of solidified Fe-Ni-P-S melt pockets and microcrystalline aggregates, which could be formed only at high pressures and temperatures according to the experimental data. The bulk composition of the melt pockets and crystals correspond to the Fe3P-Fe3S solid solution with the closure of an immiscibility gap at pressures near 20 GPa in static experiments. Some other melt pockets fit with the Fe2S-Fe2P compositions, which could also correspond to high pressures and temperatures. The results suggest a late shock episode during the formation of the IIE iron parent body, which may be prior or due to the final disruption that caused the meteorite arrival to Earth. It also has an important implication to the shock features in other meteorites, such as ureilite.


1980 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 781-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Wasson ◽  
John Willis ◽  
Chien M. Wai ◽  
Alfred Kracher

AbstractSeveral low-Ni iron meteorites previously assigned to group IAB are reclassified IIICD on the basis of lower Ge, Ga, W and Ir concentrations and higher As concentrations; the low-Ni extreme of IIICD is now 62 mg/g, that of IAB is 64 mg/g. The resulting fractionation patterns in the two groups are quite similar. It has long been established that, in contrast to the magmatic iron meteorite groups, IAB and IIICD did not form by fractional crystallization of a metallic magma. Other models have been proposed, but all have serious flaws. A new model is proposed involving the formation of each iron in small pools of impact melt on a parent body consisting of material similar to the chondritic inclusions found in some IAB and IIICD irons, but initially unequilibrated. These impact melts ranged in temperatures from ~ 1190 K to ~ 1350 K. The degree of equilibration between melt and unmelted solids ranged from minimal at the lowest temperature to moderate at the highest temperature. The lowest temperature melts were near the cotectic in the Fe-Ni-S system with Ni contents of ~ 12 atom %. Upon cooling, these precipitated metal having ~ 600 mg/g Ni by equilibrium crystallization. The Ni-rich melt resulted from the melting of Ni-rich sulfides and metal in the unequilibrated chondritic parent. Low-Ni irons formed in high temperature melts near the composition of the FeS-Fe eutectic or somewhat more metal rich. We suggest that the decreasing Ge, Ga and refractory abundances with increasing Ni concentration reflect the trapping of these elements in oxide phases in the unequilibrated chondritic material, and that very little entered the Ni-rich melt parental to the Oktibbeha County iron. The remaining elements tended to have element/Ni ratios in the melts that were more or less independent of temperature. The remarkable correlation between I-Xe age of the chondritic inclusions and Ni content of the host metal is explained by a detailed evolution of (mega)regolith in which these groups originated. The most Ni-rich melts could only be generated from an unequilibrated chondrite parent; as the continuing deposition of impact energy produced increasingly higher grades of metamorphism, the maximum Ni content of the impact melts (and their subsequently precipitated metal) gradually decreased.


2021 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2021-056599
Author(s):  
Yong Yang ◽  
Eric N. Lindblom ◽  
Ramzi G. Salloum ◽  
Kenneth D. Ward

IntroductionTo understand the impact of e-cigarette devices, flavours, nicotine levels and prices on adult e-cigarette users’ choices among closed-system and open-system e-cigarettes, cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs).MethodsOnline discrete choice experiments were conducted among adult (≥18 years) e-cigarette users (n=2642) in August 2020. Conditional logit regressions were used to assess the relative impact of product attributes and the interactions between product attributes and user characteristics, with stratified analyses to examine differences by smoking status and primarily used e-cigarette device and flavour.ResultsOn average, participants preferred non-tobacco and non-menthol flavours most, preferred open-system over closed-system e-cigarettes and preferred regular nicotine level over low nicotine level. However, the preference varied by demographics, smoking status and the primarily used e-cigarette device and flavour. The differences in preference among products/devices were larger than the difference among flavours or nicotine levels. Participants who primarily used closed-system e-cigarettes exhibited similar preferences for closed-system and open-system e-cigarettes, but those who primarily used open-system e-cigarettes preferred much more open-system over closed-system e-cigarettes. HTP was the least preferred product, much lower than cigarettes in general, but participants living in states where IQOS is being sold had similar preferences to cigarettes and HTPs.ConclusionsPeople are unlikely to switch to another product/device because of the restriction of flavour or nicotine level. If non-tobacco and non-menthol flavours were banned from open-system e-cigarettes, users may switch to menthol flavour e-cigarettes. Intervention strategies should be tailored to specific groups.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo De la Rosa-Rodríguez ◽  
Alfredo Lara-Herrera ◽  
Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez ◽  
Luz Evelia Padilla-Bernal ◽  
Luis Octavio Solis-Sánchez ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The amount of water and fertilizers used in the production of vegetables, specifically tomatoes, is high. This study was carried out to determine water and fertilizers use efficiency in closed and open hydroponic systems for tomato production under greenhouse conditions. Two treatments with eight replications were assessed; each replication consisted of 67 pots with two plants each. One treatment was a closed hydroponic system (with nutrient solution recirculation), and the other was an open hydroponic system (with non-recirculating nutrient solution). We quantified the amounts of water and fertilizers applied, as well as the losses (drained nutrient solution), in the two treatments during the entire cycle of tomato. In the nutrient solution (NS) we also measured electric conductivity (EC), pH, volume applied, and volume drained, and total weight of fruits (25 pickings). There were no significant differences between the two treatments on fruit production. Water use efficiency was 59.53 kg/fruit/m3 for the closed system and 46.03 kg/fruit/m3 in the open system. In comparison to the open system, the closed system produced 13.50 kg more fruit per cubic meter of water, while 10.31 grams less fertilizers per kilogram of fruit produced were only applied. Water and fertilizers use efficiency were higher in the closed system, by 22.68% and 22.69%, respectively. More efficiency was obtained in the closed system, regarding the open system. We concluded that the closed system is a good alternative to produce tomato and preserve the resources involved in the process (like water and fertilizers), thus reducing pollution.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Berio ◽  
Silvia Mittempergher ◽  
Fabrizio Storti ◽  
Fabrizio Balsamo ◽  
Stefano M. Bernasconi ◽  
...  

<p>Fluid systems in fold-thrust belts typically evolve from hydrologically closed to open, as a consequence of the incremental development of brittle deformation. The spatial distribution of fold-related fractures depends, among other factors, on the kinematics of folding and on the presence of inherited pre-folding structures. An improved understanding of the impact of the incremental evolution of deformation patterns on fluid migration and accumulation is crucial for industrial purposes. Here, we discuss the evolution of the fluid-rock system of the Parmelan anticline, in the Dauphinois units of the northern Subalpine Chains (Bornes Massif). We combined a detailed structural analysis in the Lower Cretaceous units (e.g. Urgonian Limestones) with the study of syn-tectonic calcite cements, by coupling stable and clumped isotope analysis with trace and major element geochemistry, radiogenic Sr isotopic data, and fluid inclusion microthermometry. The older calcite cements associated with the pre-folding structural assemblages precipitated from an <sup>18</sup>O-enriched fluid at temperatures between 90 and 115 °C. This first fluid type was thermally equilibrated with the host rock under maximum burial conditions in the Alpine Foreland and its isotopic composition has been interpreted to reflect a high degree of fluid-rock interaction in a closed system. Trace and major elements and Sr isotopes support a mixed meteoric-marine origin of this fluid, possibly trapped during subaerial platform exposure in the forebulge and then mixed with Eocene seawater. Closed system and rock-buffered conditions persisted during incipient folding whereas, during late folding, longitudinal (i.e. axial parallel) deformation structures allowed fluid circulation in an open system. Open system conditions initially occurred only in crest-limb transitional domains characterized by an higher deformation intensity. By contrast, during post-folding transpression,  the formation of a persistent vein set oblique to fold axis allowed external fluids to migrate in the anticline crest. Younger calcite cements precipitated from moderately warm (55-66 °C) <sup>18</sup>O-depleted meteoric fluids during the late- to post-folding stages. Our compositional and Sr isotopic data exclude any contribution from basement-derived ascending fluids and rule out a possible downward circulation of these meteoric fluids at basement depths. Our results indicate that, in regional anticlines of shallow crustal sectors in foreland fold-thrust belts, a significant amount of secondary porosity can be produced in the pre-folding stages when the hydromechanical stratigraphy likely preserves closed conditions and regional stratigraphic seals can prevent upward fluid migration during the entire tectonic evolution.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1121-1128
Author(s):  
Marie Binvel ◽  
Julie-Hélène Fairbrother ◽  
Valérie Lévesque ◽  
Marie-Claude Blais

Objectives This research aimed to evaluate the performance of a closed blood collection system and to compare it with an open system in terms of feasibility, tolerability by the donor, quality of blood collected and bacterial contamination. Methods Eight feline blood donors were prospectively and randomly subjected to both collection methods. Heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and blood pressure (BP) were evaluated before sedation, after sedation and after blood collection. The duration of the donation, the formation of a hematoma, and the degree of hemolysis and packed cell volume (PCV) of each blood unit were evaluated. Aliquot samples were aseptically collected from each unit and tested for bacterial contamination by culture and PCR on days 0, 14 and 28 of storage. Results There was no significant difference between collection methods for HR and RR at any time point. Before sedation, the mean systolic BP was significantly higher with the closed system (closed 169 mmHg, open 137 mmHg; P = 0.003). The average duration of collection was significantly shorter with the closed system (closed 3 mins 10 s, open 8 mins; P = 0.035); however, the prevalence of a successful blood collection with a single venipuncture and hematoma formation were not significantly different between systems. The mean unit PCV was significantly higher with the open system (closed 31%, open 34%; P = 0.026). On bacterial culture, 15/16 units were negative at all time points (closed 7; open 8). Using PCR, 5/16 units were positive for Ralstonia species for at least one time point (closed 3; open 2). Conclusions and relevance Our designed closed system appears to be well adapted to feline blood collection and was well tolerated by the donors, performing similarly to an open system, and could represent a valuable clinical device for the development of a feline blood bank, namely feline blood storage.


1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
J. I. Goldstein

One of the first samples analyzed by Castaing in his electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) some 50 years ago was an iron meteorite. The Widmanstatten pattern microstructure of iron meteorites can be observed at very low magnifications ( Fig. 1). These meteorites are ideal samples for microanalysis because of the Ni gradient which extends over 10 to 1000 microns in the parent taenite phase of these Fe-Ni samples (Fig. 3). The Ni gradient is the result of very slow cooling of the iron meteorite, in terms of millions of years, within a parent'asteroid.The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been used to characterize the microstructure of meteorites, as well as samples from the moon and mars. For example, the microstructure of the dark etching taenite areas (T in Fig. 1) of the Carleton iron meteorite is shown in Fig 2. In this example, precipitates are observed along original martensite laths which form during the cooling of the iron meteorite at low temperatures.


2019 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Zhao ◽  
Ana Navas-Acien ◽  
Vesna Ilievski ◽  
Vesna Slavkovich ◽  
Pablo Olmedo ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (104) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Thomas ◽  
R. Raiswell

AbstractVariations in dissolved cations, total alkalinity, sulphate, and field pH are recorded for subglacial melt and bulk melt waters (those emerging from the portal) at Argentière (France), in peak and recession flow conditions. Calcium and bicarbonate are the major ions and the bulk melt waters are demonstrated to have acquired solutes by weathering and dissolution in a system open to atmospheric carbon dioxide. Subglacial melt waters have closed-system characteristics, are close to saturation with calcite and quartz, and must be in near-equilibrium with weathered particulates. Recession-flow bulk melt waters are chemically similar to subglacial melt but have open-system characteristics, either due to re-equilibration with the atmosphere for ground-water mixing.


Geology ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gawen R.T. Jenkin ◽  
Claire Linklater ◽  
Anthony E. Fallick

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