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182W anomalies in mantle: a brief review

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With significant advances in mass spectrometry for isotope analysis in the last decade, e.g., negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry and multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, high-precision (ppm-level) measurements of tungsten (W) isotopes have been widely used for early earth differentiation processes, such as metal-silicate segregation, melting and crystallization processes during the magma ocean, and putative core-mantle exchange and dynamics. Here, we give a brief review of works on 182W anomalies in terrestrial samples, including methods, results, explanations, implications, and prospects. The review will be presented by including the following parts: the introduction of W isotopes and the short-lived radioactive 182Hf-182W system; data notations and W isotope measurement methods; 182W anomalies observed in terrestrial samples; a summary of models developed for interpreting origins of positive and negative 182W anomalies; future prospects.

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Acknowledgements

This review is supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of CAS (XDB41000000), Pre-research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies No. D020202 is funded by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) and Chinese NSF projects (42130114). We thank Dr. Tong Fang and Prof. Liping Qin for their very helpful comments and suggestions that improved our manuscript.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China

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  3. International Research Center for Planetary Science, College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Yun Liu

  4. CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, 230026, China

    Yun Liu

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Zhang, Y., Liu, Y. 182W anomalies in mantle: a brief review. Acta Geochim 41, 704–716 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-022-00536-z

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