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  • 6 - Using Radiogenic Isotope Data

  • Hugh Rollinson, University of Derby, Victoria Pease, Stockholm University
  • Book:
    Using Geochemical Data
    Published online:
    15 April 2021
    Print publication:
    06 May 2021, pp 178-218

  • Summary

    Geochemists use radiogenic isotopes in geochronology and in petrogenetic studies. In geochronology isotopes from the K–Ar, Rb–Sr, Sm–Nd, Lu–Hf, U–Th–Pb, and Re–Os systems are used in isochron calculations and in the calculation of model ages. The concepts of closure temperature and the meaning of a geological ‘age’ are discussed. In petrogenesis radiogenic isotopes are used to identify different crust and mantle reservoirs as sources of magmatic rocks and to chart the isotopic evolution of the crust and mantle over time. The epsilon and gamma notations for normalising isotopic compositions relative to that of the chondritic uniform reservoir (CHUR) are described. The recognition of different mantle reservoirs and their evolution over time provides the basis for understanding large-scale processes in the mantle which feed into geodynamic models for the crust and mantle.