Prodigious degassing of a billion years of accumulated radiogenic helium at Yellowstone.

Abstract:

:Helium is used as a critical tracer throughout the Earth sciences, where its relatively simple isotopic systematics is used to trace degassing from the mantle, to date groundwater and to time the rise of continents. The hydrothermal system at Yellowstone National Park is famous for its high helium-3/helium-4 isotope ratio, commonly cited as evidence for a deep mantle source for the Yellowstone hotspot. However, much of the helium emitted from this region is actually radiogenic helium-4 produced within the crust by α-decay of uranium and thorium. Here we show, by combining gas emission rates with chemistry and isotopic analyses, that crustal helium-4 emission rates from Yellowstone exceed (by orders of magnitude) any conceivable rate of generation within the crust. It seems that helium has accumulated for (at least) many hundreds of millions of years in Archaean (more than 2.5 billion years old) cratonic rocks beneath Yellowstone, only to be liberated over the past two million years by intense crustal metamorphism induced by the Yellowstone hotspot. Our results demonstrate the extremes in variability of crustal helium efflux on geologic timescales and imply crustal-scale open-system behaviour of helium in tectonically and magmatically active regions.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Lowenstern JB,Evans WC,Bergfeld D,Hunt AG

doi

10.1038/nature12992

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-02-20 00:00:00

pages

355-8

issue

7488

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature12992

journal_volume

506

pub_type

杂志文章

相关文献

NATURE文献大全
  • Fluvial response to abrupt global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary.

    abstract::Climate strongly affects the production of sediment from mountain catchments as well as its transport and deposition within adjacent sedimentary basins. However, identifying climatic influences on basin stratigraphy is complicated by nonlinearities, feedback loops, lag times, buffering and convergence among processes ...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature11513

    authors: Foreman BZ,Heller PL,Clementz MT

    更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00

  • The p35/Cdk5 kinase is a neuron-specific Rac effector that inhibits Pak1 activity.

    abstract::Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) and its neuron-specific regulator p35 are essential for neuronal migration and for the laminar configuration of the cerebral cortex. In addition, p35/Cdk5 kinase concentrates at the leading edges of axonal growth cones and regulates neurite outgrowth in cortical neurons in culture. The...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/26034

    authors: Nikolic M,Chou MM,Lu W,Mayer BJ,Tsai LH

    更新日期:1998-09-10 00:00:00

  • DARPP-32, a dopamine-regulated neuronal phosphoprotein, is a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1.

    abstract::The neurotransmitter dopamine has been demonstrated by biochemical, histochemical and immunocytochemical techniques to be unevenly distributed in the mammalian central nervous system. DARPP-32 (dopamine- and cyclic-AMP-regulated phosphoprotein of molecular weight 32,000) is a neuronal phosphoprotein that displays a re...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/310503a0

    authors: Hemmings HC Jr,Greengard P,Tung HY,Cohen P

    更新日期:1984-08-09 00:00:00

  • The perception of heading during eye movements.

    abstract::When a person walks through a rigid environment while holding eyes and head fixed, the pattern of retinal motion flows radially away from a point, the focus of expansion (Fig. 1a). Under such conditions of translation, heading corresponds to the focus of expansion and people identify it readily. But when making an eye...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/360583a0

    authors: Royden CS,Banks MS,Crowell JA

    更新日期:1992-12-10 00:00:00

  • High resolution structure of the RNA duplex [U(U-A)6A]2.

    abstract::RNA is involved in many biological functions, ranging from information storage and transfer to the catalysis of reactions involving both nucleic acids and proteins. Previous crystallographic studies on RNA oligomeric chains provide only averaged structures or information limited in resolution. The oligomer [U(U-A)6A]2...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/335375a0

    authors: Dock-Bregeon AC,Chevrier B,Podjarny A,Moras D,deBear JS,Gough GR,Gilham PT,Johnson JE

    更新日期:1988-09-22 00:00:00

  • Kremen proteins are Dickkopf receptors that regulate Wnt/beta-catenin signalling.

    abstract::The Wnt family of secreted glycoproteins mediate cell cell interactions during cell growth and differentiation in both embryos and adults. Canonical Wnt signalling by way of the beta-catenin pathway is transduced by two receptor families. Frizzled proteins and lipoprotein-receptor-related proteins 5 and 6 (LRP5/6) bin...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature756

    authors: Mao B,Wu W,Davidson G,Marhold J,Li M,Mechler BM,Delius H,Hoppe D,Stannek P,Walter C,Glinka A,Niehrs C

    更新日期:2002-06-06 00:00:00

  • Sexual selection and the maintenance of sex.

    abstract::Sex is expensive. A population of females that reproduce asexually should prima facie have twice the growth rate of an otherwise equivalent anisogamous sexual population lacking paternal care, or a population with modes of paternal care that can be co-opted by parthenogenetic females. The two leading theories for the ...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/35079578

    authors: Siller S,Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK. steven.siller@zoo.ox.ac.uk.

    更新日期:2001-06-07 00:00:00

  • 78Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation.

    abstract::Nuclear magic numbers correspond to fully occupied energy shells of protons or neutrons inside atomic nuclei. Doubly magic nuclei, with magic numbers for both protons and neutrons, are spherical and extremely rare across the nuclear landscape. Although the sequence of magic numbers is well established for stable nucle...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1155-x

    authors: Taniuchi R,Santamaria C,Doornenbal P,Obertelli A,Yoneda K,Authelet G,Baba H,Calvet D,Château F,Corsi A,Delbart A,Gheller JM,Gillibert A,Holt JD,Isobe T,Lapoux V,Matsushita M,Menéndez J,Momiyama S,Motobayashi T,Nii

    更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00

  • The consequences of imperfect mixing in autocatalytic chemical and biological systems.

    abstract::When chemical reactions whose rate increases with the concentration of a product species are carried out in imperfectly mixed systems, a variety of complex behaviours can occur. These phenomena, which have relevance for biological processes as well, include chaotic and stochastic behaviour and selection of one final s...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1038/374321a0

    authors: Epstein IR

    更新日期:1995-03-23 00:00:00

  • Decoding reveals the contents of visual working memory in early visual areas.

    abstract::Visual working memory provides an essential link between perception and higher cognitive functions, allowing for the active maintenance of information about stimuli no longer in view. Research suggests that sustained activity in higher-order prefrontal, parietal, inferotemporal and lateral occipital areas supports vis...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature07832

    authors: Harrison SA,Tong F

    更新日期:2009-04-02 00:00:00

  • Australopithecus ramidus, a new species of early hominid from Aramis, Ethiopia.

    abstract::Seventeen hominoid fossils recovered from Pliocene strata at Aramis, Middle Awash, Ethiopia make up a series comprising dental, cranial and postcranial specimens dated to around 4.4 million years ago. When compared with Australopithecus afarensis and with modern and fossil apes the Aramis fossil hominids are recognize...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/371306a0

    authors: White TD,Suwa G,Asfaw B

    更新日期:1994-09-22 00:00:00

  • Quantum gravitational contributions to quantum electrodynamics.

    abstract::Quantum electrodynamics describes the interactions of electrons and photons. Electric charge (the gauge coupling constant) is energy dependent, and there is a previous claim that charge is affected by gravity (described by general relativity) with the implication that the charge is reduced at high energies. However, t...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature09506

    authors: Toms DJ

    更新日期:2010-11-04 00:00:00

  • The operator-binding domain of lambda repressor: structure and DNA recognition.

    abstract::The structure of the operator-binding domain of the lambda repressor has been determined at 3.2 A resolution. This domain contains an extended N-terminal arm and five alpha-helices. Model-building studies of the repressor-operator complex suggest that alpha-helices, especially the N-terminal parts of these helices, ma...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/298443a0

    authors: Pabo CO,Lewis M

    更新日期:1982-07-29 00:00:00

  • Integral membrane glycoprotein properties of the prohormone pro-transforming growth factor-alpha.

    abstract::Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) is a mitogenically active polypeptide hormone produced by acutely proliferating neoplastic and embryonic tissues. Molecular cloning of TGF-alpha cDNA from human and rat has indicated that this factor is synthesized as part of a larger precursor, proTGF-alpha. An intriguing ...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/326883a0

    authors: Teixidó J,Gilmore R,Lee DC,Massagué J

    更新日期:1987-04-30 00:00:00

  • Dampening of death pathways by schnurri-2 is essential for T-cell development.

    abstract::Generation of a diverse and self-tolerant T-cell repertoire requires appropriate interpretation of T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) signals by CD4(+ ) CD8(+) double-positive thymocytes. Thymocyte cell fate is dictated by the nature of TCR-major-histocompatibility-complex (MHC)-peptide interactions, with signals of higher...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature09848

    authors: Staton TL,Lazarevic V,Jones DC,Lanser AJ,Takagi T,Ishii S,Glimcher LH

    更新日期:2011-04-07 00:00:00

  • The architecture of respiratory complex I.

    abstract::Complex I is the first enzyme of the respiratory chain and has a central role in cellular energy production, coupling electron transfer between NADH and quinone to proton translocation by an unknown mechanism. Dysfunction of complex I has been implicated in many human neurodegenerative diseases. We have determined the...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature09066

    authors: Efremov RG,Baradaran R,Sazanov LA

    更新日期:2010-05-27 00:00:00

  • Evolution of a central neural circuit underlies Drosophila mate preferences.

    abstract::Courtship rituals serve to reinforce reproductive barriers between closely related species. Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans exhibit reproductive isolation, owing in part to the fact that D. melanogaster females produce 7,11-heptacosadiene, a pheromone that promotes courtship in D. melanogaster males bu...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0322-9

    authors: Seeholzer LF,Seppo M,Stern DL,Ruta V

    更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00

  • Progression of autoimmune diabetes driven by avidity maturation of a T-cell population.

    abstract::For unknown reasons, autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes develop after prolonged periods of inflammation of mononuclear cells in target tissues. Here we show that progression of pancreatic islet inflammation to overt diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice is driven by the 'avidity maturation' of a prevailing...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/35021081

    authors: Amrani A,Verdaguer J,Serra P,Tafuro S,Tan R,Santamaria P

    更新日期:2000-08-17 00:00:00

  • The amino-terminal disease hotspot of ryanodine receptors forms a cytoplasmic vestibule.

    abstract::Many physiological events require transient increases in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentrations. Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are ion channels that govern the release of Ca(2+) from the endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Mutations in RyRs can lead to severe genetic conditions that affect both cardiac and skeletal muscle, ...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature09471

    authors: Tung CC,Lobo PA,Kimlicka L,Van Petegem F

    更新日期:2010-11-25 00:00:00

  • Worries about infectious cancer.

    abstract::The recent discovery that the human T-cell lymphoma leukemia virus (HTLV) may be the agent of transmission of T-cell lymphoid malignancies raises ethical questions for blood transfusion services. The effort to avoid use of contaminated blood is dependent to a large extent on the willingness and ability of donors to g...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 新闻

    doi:10.1038/302567a0

    authors:

    更新日期:1983-04-14 00:00:00

  • Extreme winds and waves in the aftermath of a Neoproterozoic glaciation.

    abstract::The most severe excursions in the Earth's climatic history are thought to be associated with Proterozoic glaciations. According to the 'Snowball Earth' hypothesis, the Marinoan glaciation, which ended about 635 million years ago, involved global or nearly global ice cover. At the termination of this glacial period, ra...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature03176

    authors: Allen PA,Hoffman PF

    更新日期:2005-01-13 00:00:00

  • A role for Wnt signalling in self-renewal of haematopoietic stem cells.

    abstract::Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the ability to renew themselves and to give rise to all lineages of the blood; however, the signals that regulate HSC self-renewal remain unclear. Here we show that the Wnt signalling pathway has an important role in this process. Overexpression of activated beta-catenin expands t...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature01593

    authors: Reya T,Duncan AW,Ailles L,Domen J,Scherer DC,Willert K,Hintz L,Nusse R,Weissman IL

    更新日期:2003-05-22 00:00:00

  • Correlation of structural elements and infectivity of the HET-s prion.

    abstract::Prions are believed to be infectious, self-propagating polymers of otherwise soluble, host-encoded proteins. This concept is now strongly supported by the recent findings that amyloid fibrils of recombinant prion proteins from yeast, Podospora anserina and mammals can induce prion phenotypes in the corresponding hosts...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature03793

    authors: Ritter C,Maddelein ML,Siemer AB,Lührs T,Ernst M,Meier BH,Saupe SJ,Riek R

    更新日期:2005-06-09 00:00:00

  • AT1-receptor heterodimers show enhanced G-protein activation and altered receptor sequestration.

    abstract::The vasopressor angiotensin II regulates vascular contractility and blood pressure through binding to type 1 angiotensin II receptors (AT1; refs 1, 2). Bradykinin, a vasodepressor, is a functional antagonist of angiotensin II (ref. 3). The two hormone systems are interconnected by the angiotensin-converting enzyme, wh...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/35024095

    authors: AbdAlla S,Lother H,Quitterer U

    更新日期:2000-09-07 00:00:00

  • Protein kinase A regulates chloride conductance in endocytic vesicles from proximal tubule.

    abstract::Regulation of ion transport by phosphorylation and G proteins occurs in several epithelial and non-epithelial cell plasma membranes1-5. It is not known whether transporters on intracellular membranes are target sites for second messengers. Here we present direct evidence that a chloride conductance in endocytic vesicl...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/348637a0

    authors: Bae HR,Verkman AS

    更新日期:1990-12-13 00:00:00

  • Gelation of particles with short-range attraction.

    abstract::Nanoscale or colloidal particles are important in many realms of science and technology. They can dramatically change the properties of materials, imparting solid-like behaviour to a wide variety of complex fluids. This behaviour arises when particles aggregate to form mesoscopic clusters and networks. The essential c...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature06931

    authors: Lu PJ,Zaccarelli E,Ciulla F,Schofield AB,Sciortino F,Weitz DA

    更新日期:2008-05-22 00:00:00

  • Accessory cell-dependent selection of specific T-cell functions.

    abstract::Activation of many T-cell functions depends on their interaction with antigen-presenting accessory cells which express I region associated (Ia) products. Cells expressing accessory cell function include those of the monocyte/macrophage lineage and dendritic cells. More recently, B cells and a number of tumour cell lin...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/304442a0

    authors: Ramila G,Erb P

    更新日期:1983-08-04 00:00:00

  • The tungsten isotopic composition of the Earth's mantle before the terminal bombardment.

    abstract::Many precious, 'iron-loving' metals, such as gold, are surprisingly abundant in the accessible parts of the Earth, given the efficiency with which core formation should have removed them to the planet's deep interior. One explanation of their over-abundance is a 'late veneer'--a flux of meteorites added to the Earth a...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature10399

    authors: Willbold M,Elliott T,Moorbath S

    更新日期:2011-09-07 00:00:00

  • U.S. biotechnology: living with regulation.

    abstract::A brief account is provided of a meeting between federal officials and representatives of the Industrial Biotechnology Association (IBA), a consortium of companies concerned about the regulatory outlook for their industry. Current regulatory interest is focused on the Environmental Protection Agency, which has declar...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 新闻

    doi:10.1038/305755a0

    authors: David P

    更新日期:1983-10-27 00:00:00

  • Metastasis-suppressor transcript destabilization through TARBP2 binding of mRNA hairpins.

    abstract::Aberrant regulation of RNA stability has an important role in many disease states. Deregulated post-transcriptional modulation, such as that governed by microRNAs targeting linear sequence elements in messenger RNAs, has been implicated in the progression of many cancer types. A defining feature of RNA is its ability ...

    journal_title:Nature

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/nature13466

    authors: Goodarzi H,Zhang S,Buss CG,Fish L,Tavazoie S,Tavazoie SF

    更新日期:2014-09-11 00:00:00