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Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) Hafnium isotope data and eclogite trace element maps

Whole rock Hafnium (Hf) isotope data for mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) samples from the Reykjanes ridge, Arctic Ocean, Equatorial MAR, South MAR, SEIR. The Hf isotope results are not yet published but will contribute to the mantle characterisation efforts detailed in Béguelin et al. (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012357). Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) glasses were crushed and sieved to ~600 µm. Chips were then hand-piked under a binocular microscope to remove alteration (only optically clear chips selected). Hf fractions were purified using the column chemistry protocol of Béguelin et al. (2017) and references therein (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.015). Hf isotope ratios were measured on a Nu Instruments Plasma II mass spectrometer equipped with an Aridus desolvating nebuliser, on 50 ppb solutions. Accuracy and precision were monitored with repeated measurements of the JMC-475 standard (reported in dataset). Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM EDS) and Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) major and trace elements maps of eclogites from the Raspas complex (Ecuador). Samples were prepared as 1-inch epoxy mounts. Samples are described in John et al. (2010) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0427-0). The objective of this (present) work is to trace U, Pb and Th fluxes during subduction, as documented by obducted eclogites. Dataset includes SEM mapping of major elements with a Zeiss Sigma HD Field Emission Gun Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Elements measured are Fe, Ca, Cu, Ni, Mn, K, Na, Al, Mg, Ti, O, Cr, S, Si, P, Zr. Resolution is 25µm. Dataset also includes LA-ICP-MS mapping of trace elements using an Elemental Scientific ESL213 laser coupled to a Thermo Scientific iCap Q mass spectrometer. Elements measured are Rb, Sr, Mo, Cs, La, Yb, Pb, Th, U. Parameters: Raster spacing (resolution): 40µm, scan speed: 80 µm/s, rep rate: 20 Hz, fluence: 4.5 J/cm2, dwell time per element: 50 ms, injector: ESI dual concentric injector (DCI). SEM data are in weight %, LA-ICP-MS data are in µg/g (ppm). Data are unpublished, but further details can be found in the poster included with the dataset. Dataset was produced at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, in the context of NERC grant NE/T012633/1 Mantle Circulation Constrained (MC2): A multidisciplinary 4D Earth framework for understanding mantle upwellings.

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Date (Creation)
2025-10-15
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608571
Originator
  University of Bristol - Professor Tim Elliott ( School of Earth Sciences )
Wills Memorial Building , Bristol , BS8 1RJ ,
Originator
  University of Cardiff - Morten Andersen
Originator
  University of Cardiff - Paul Beguelin ( School of Earth and Environmental Sciences )
Cardiff , CF10 3AT ,
Originator
  University of Bristol - Joey Rodney
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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Citable Data
  • Eclogite
  • MORB
  • Hafnium isotopes
  • Major element analysis
  • Trace analysis
  • Isotopes
  • NGDC Deposited Data
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  • Citable Data
  • NGDC Deposited Data
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  • NERC_DDC
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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EnglishEnglish
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  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2025-01-30
End date
2025-04-04

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Béguelin, P., Andersen, M., Elliott, T., Rodney, J. (2025). Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) Hafnium isotope data and eclogite trace element maps. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/a9cbce58-d20b-4881-a6bf-14ef7e777bcc

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non geographic dataset

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Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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No
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Hf isotopes: MORB glasses were crushed, sieved and picked (~100 µm fragments) to avoid surface alteration. Samples were digested in HF and wash out of Mo chemistry were collected (Mo chemistry and subsequent work handled by Bristol collaborators). Hf was purified from resulting aliquots following the method of Béguelin et al. (2017, GCA 218). Hf isotopes were measured on a Nu plasma 2 mass spectrometer. Accuracy and precision were monitored by measurements of the JMC Hf standard and of the BHVO-2 and BIR-2 (values included in the dataset). SEC_SEM and SEC_laser files: SEM EDS and LA-ICP-MS major and trace elements maps of polished samples. SEM: 1 pixel = 25 µm. LA-ICP-MS: 1 pixel = 40 µm. Laser parameters: scan speed: 80 µm/s, rep rate: 20 Hz, fluence: 4.5 J/cm2, MS: Thermo iCap Q, dwell time per element: 50 ms, injector: ESI dual concentric injector (DCI).
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EnglishEnglish
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nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
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non geographic dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608571
 
 

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