Th and U isotopes concentrations measured in sediment samples collected during the IN2017-V01 voyage of the RV Investigator
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Sediment cores were collected from the East Antarctic margin, aboard the Australian Marine National Facility R/V Investigator, during the IN2017_V01 voyage from January 14th to March 5th 2017 (Armand et al., 2018). This marine geoscience expedition, named the “Sabrina Sea Floor Survey”, focused notably on studying the interactions of the Totten Glacier with the Southern Ocean through multiple glacial cycles. The cores were collected using a multi-corer (MC) and a Kasten corer (KC). The MC were sliced every centimetre, wrapped up in plastic bags, and stored in the fridge. The KC was sub-sampled using a u-channel; and sliced every centimetre once back the home laboratory (IMAS, UTAS, Hobart, Australia). About 200 mg of dried and ground sediment were weighed into a clean Teflon vial and oxidized with a mixture of concentrated HNO3 and 30% H2O2 (1:1). The resulting solutions were gravimetrically spiked with ~ 24 pg of 229Th (NIST 4328C, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) and ~ 2 ng of 236U (IRMM-3660a, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, European Union) and left to equilibrate overnight. Samples were then digested in open vials using an acid mixture comprising 10 mL HNO3, 4 mL HCl, and 2 mL HF, at 180°C until close to dryness. Digested residues were converted to nitric form before being oxidised with a mixture of 1 mL HNO3 and 1 mL HClO4 at 220°C until fully desiccated. Samples were finally re-dissolved in 4 mL 7.5 M HNO3. Thorium and uranium were isolated from the sediment digest using AG1-X8 anion exchange resin (Bio-Rad, USA), following the procedure described in Negre et al., (2009). Prior to analysis, purified samples were filtered using Pall® Acrodisc® ion chromatography syringes and 0.45 μm filters (Sigma-Alderich®, USA). 229Th, 230Th, 234U and 235U were analysed by Sector Field Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany) at the Central Science Laboratory (UTAS, Hobart, Australia). Samples were introduced in the ICP using an Aridius® II desolvating nebulizer (DSN, CETAC Technologies, USA) and with the capacitive guard electrode turned on to limit the oxide formation and to enhance sensitivity. Samples were analysed in batches of three and bracketed by a natural uranium standard (Certified Reference Material CRM 145, New Brunswick Laboratory, USA) and two acid blanks (2% HNO3, 0.1% HF). The sample introduction system was rinsed for 5 minutes between each sample with a matching 2% HNO3 and 0.1% HF solution. The raw intensities of 230Th and 234U were corrected for procedural blank, tailing and mass bias (Anderson et al., 2012; Shen et al., 2002). The intensity of 230Th was corrected from the tailing of 232Th using the log mean intensities of the half masses 229.5 and 230.5. The mass bias was determined by the measurements of the 235U/234U ratio of the CRM-145. Concentrations were calculated using isotope dilution equations (Sargent et al., 2002). References Anderson, R. F., Fleisher, M. Q., Robinson, L. F., Edwards, R. L., Hoff, J. A., Moran, S. B., … Francois, R. (2012). GEOTRACES intercalibration of 230Th, 232Th, 231Pa, and prospects for 10Be. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 10(4), 179–213. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2012.10.179 Armand, L. K., O’Brien, P. E., Armbrecht, L., Baker, H., Caburlotto, A., Connell, T., … Young, A. (2018). Interactions of the Totten Glacier with the Southern Ocean through multiple glacial cycles (IN2017-V01): Post-survey report. ANU Research Publications, (March). https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/13/5acea64c48693 Negre, C., Thomas, A. L., Mas, J. L., Garcia-orellana, J., Henderson, G. M., Masque, P., and Zahn, R. (2009). Separation and Measurement of Pa , Th , and U Isotopes in Marine Sediments by Microwave-Assisted Digestion and Multiple Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass. Analytical Chemistry, 81(5), 1914–1919. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5313.782.(3) Sargent, M., Harrington, C., and
U-Pb Ages, Neodymium Isotope Ratios, and Trace Element Concentrations by Laser-Ablation Split Stream (LASS) Analysis of Igneous Titanite and Apatite from Interior and Southcentral Alaska
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This dataset contains U-Pb isotopic data and ages plus trace element concentrations from titanite and apatite in igneous rocks collected for USGS projects in the Alaska Range, Yukon Tanana uplands of eastern Alaska, and a study of ophiolites in Alaska. A subset of analyses also includes simultaneous measurements of Sm-Nd isotope ratios. For this subset, split-stream configuration analyzed U-Pb isotope ratios and trace element concentrations by quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Q-ICPMS), and Sm-Nd isotope ratios by multi collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS). For other samples, where grain sizes were small (<50um mean minimum grain dimension), split-stream analysis consisted of U-Pb isotope ratios by MC-ICP-MS and trace elements by Q-ICPMS. Analyzed titanite grains were hand-picked grains, separated by traditional mineral separation techniques, mounted in epoxy, as well as in-situ analyses of titanite and apatite from sample thin sections, where grains were small and unyielding to mineral separations, or where complimentary in-situ zircon analyses (Todd et al., 2023) merited complimentary in-situ titanite analyses. The sample suite was collected as part of multiple (3) distinct geological mapping and supporting geochemical and geochronological surveys, conducted between 2013 to 2021. We also analyzed portions of previously collected igneous bedrock samples from the USGS archive (collected from 1968 to 1985), allowing expansion of the dataset to include igneous bodies that were not sampled during recent field work or were outside the area of focused project field work. Titanite was obtained from these igneous rocks to determine the crystallization age for the bedrock samples. The data tables accompanying this data release report the composition of uranium (U) and thorium (Th) measured in each grain, ratios of three isotopes of lead (206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb), two isotopes of uranium (235U and 238U), and one isotope of thorium (232Th), as well as the calculated age of each grain, plus trace element abundances from the same ablated aliquot, including P, V, Sr, high field strength elements (HFSE), and rare earth elements (REE). Reported Nd (and Sm) isotope data includes 143Nd/144Nd and 147Sm/144Nd, and calculated epsilon Nd values, and age-corrected isotope ratios and epsilon values. A summary table includes location and sample information, plus interpreted age and Nd isotopes and parameters (when interpretable).