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Principles of Re-Os Isotopic System and Dating the Age of the Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle Beneath Korean Peninsula

Re-Os 동위원소 시스템의 원리와 한반도 하부지각맨틀의 연령

  • Lee Seung-Ryeol (Geology and Geoinformation Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 이승렬 (한국지질자원연구원 지질기반정보연구부)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

Re-Os isotopic system, based on the long-lived $\beta^-$ transition of $^{187}Os(\lambda=1.67\times10^{-11}year^{-1})$ is being widely used in cosmochemistry and geochemistry. Along with the development of elemental separation and mass-spectrometric technique, the Re-Os isotopic system, like Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, U-Th-Pb isotopic system, is now conventionally applied as a useful tool for absolute dating and isotoptc tracers. This paper introduces brief principles of Re-Os isotopic system and presents the general methodology fur dating the formation age of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle, based on the Re-Os isotopic data of the mantle xeonliths from South Korea.

Re-Os 동위원소 시스템은 $^{187}Re$이 $\beta^-$ 방출에 의해 $^{187}Os(\lambda=1.67\times10^{-11}year^{-1})$으로 방사성 붕괴를 하는 것을 이용한 것이며, 다양한 우주화학과 지구화학 분야에 널리 활용되고 있다. 과거 10여 년 간 발전된 원소분리기법과 기기분석방법의 발달로 인해 현재는 Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, U-Th-Pb 동위원소 시스템과 함께 절대연령측정과 동위원소지시자로 널리 활용되고 있다. 이 논문은 Re-Os 동위원소 시스템의 일반적인 원리와 이 시스템이 널리 활용되는 분야 중 하나인 하부지각맨틀의 생성연령을 구하는 방법에 대해 한반도 남부 알칼리 현무암에 포획되어 산출하는 맨틀포획암을 대상으로 실시된 Re-Os 동위원소 자료를 이용하여 소개한다.

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