Salinity of the Archaean oceans from analysis of fluid inclusions in quartz

• Published in: Comptes Rendus Geoscience
• Main Authors: Marty, Bernard, Avice, Guillaume, Bekaert, David V., Broadley, Michael W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Salinity; Archean oceans; Noble gases; North Pole; Burgess; Hofmann
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2017.12.002

Fluids trapped in inclusions in well-characterized Archaean hydrothermal quartz crystals were analyzed by the extended argon–argon method, which permits the simultaneous measurement of chlorine and potassium concentrations. Argon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of the trapped fluids were also d...