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Extraterrestrial He in Sediments: From Recorder of Asteroid Collisions to Timekeeper of Global Environmental Changes

verfasst von : David McGee, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay

Erschienen in: The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Most ³He in deep-sea sediments is derived from fine-grained extraterrestrial matter known as interplanetary dust particles (IDPs). These particles, typically <50 μm in diameter, are sufficiently small to retain solar wind-implanted He with high ³He/⁴He ratios during atmospheric entry heating. This extraterrestrial ³He (³He_ET) is retained in sediments for geologically long durations, having been detected in sedimentary rocks as old as 480 Ma. As a tracer of fine-grained extraterrestrial material, ³He_ET offers unique insights into solar system events associated with increased IDP fluxes, including asteroid break-up events and comet showers. Studies have used ³He_ET to identify IDP flux changes associated with a Miocene asteroid break-up event and a likely comet shower in the Eocene. During much of the Cenozoic, ³He_ET fluxes have remained relatively constant over million-year timescales, enabling ³He_ET to be used as a constant flux proxy for calculating sedimentary mass accumulation rates and constraining sedimentary age models. We review studies employing ³He_ET-based accumulation rates to estimate the duration of carbonate dissolution events associated with the K/Pg boundary and Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Additionally, ³He_ET has been used to quantify sub-orbital variability in fluxes of paleoproductivity proxies and windblown dust. In order to better interpret existing records and guide the application of ³He_ET in novel settings, future work requires constraining the carrier phase(s) of ³He_ET responsible for long-term retention in sediments, better characterizing the He isotopic composition of the terrigenous end-member, and understanding why observed extraterrestrial ³He fluxes do not match the predicted variability of IDP accretion rate over orbital timescales.

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Titel: Extraterrestrial He in Sediments: From Recorder of Asteroid Collisions to Timekeeper of Global Environmental Changes
verfasst von: David McGee
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Buch: The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-28835-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-28836-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28836-4_7

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