17 = Mixtures of Two Components is, The concentration of «second eonservatve element ¥ ina mixture M of two components and Bis expresied by: WW) =1¥ ls fe HIV IgG = fy (27) Solving Eqs, .26 and 27 tbr f, and equating the te salts yes Why “Llp _ ye = WY Ws Xl, = 1 Ex ty liv Which reduces to the equation of # straight line in the slope-intercept fort Yfyp = Sal = Lip) IX Ds here the slope is: (iy - (ly PE, PX and the intercept on the y-axis is Consequently, the concentrations of Rby Sry and of other conservative elements in mixtures of two compo= rents lie along straight lines that connect the points whose coordinates are the concentrations of elements X and Y in components A and B The co-linearity of the concentrations of two con servative elements in two-component mixtures ex- pressed by Eq. 1.28 can be used to test real data to deter= mine whether a suite of samples may have formed by nixing of two com conservative elements form a straight line, the samples may be two-component mixtures. However, the good ness of fit of concentration data derived rom two-com Ponent mixtures may be less than perfect because nents. Ifthe concentrations of twa 1, The composition of the components is variable: 2. The chemical elements under consideration are not conservative: and Additional components may be present In spite of these limitations, mixing is an important consequence of geological activity and is reflected by systematic relationships among the concentration of conservative elements, 1.7.2 Isotopic Mixtures of Srand Nd When two components A and B have different concen tations and isotope compositions of an element such a8 $1 the resulting mixtures exhibit a range of both chemical and isotopic compositions. The Sr concentra: tions of two-component mixtures are expressed in ac cordance with Eqs [Srly=ISrls fit [Selo =f) (1.29) The "Sr/"Sr ratios of such mixtures are related to) the isotope ratios and concentrations of Sr of the com- ponents by an equation derived by Faure (1986) | 3 Isr fay 5 se, St (130) [thy The equation contains weighting factors for the Sr cobtributed by each component [St], /ISt]sql Stl Se) as well as the mixing parameter f, thal expresses the abundances of the components A and B in a given mix ture M. Equations 1.29 and 1.30 can be used to calculate the ‘ser ratios and Sr concentrations of two-component for selected values of f, (or fol Irom <1t0 20, Fig. 1.6a shows the results of such a calculation for the case where the coordinates of components A and B are: * [Sr], =100 ppm, ("’st/"Sx), = 0.8000 + [Srl =500 pp F/ "SH = 0.7000 For example, if f,=0.4, Eq. 1.29 yields * [Stly =100 x 0.4 + 500X006 = 40 ppin By substituting [St]. 34 ppm into Eg 1,30 and set = 04.8 belote, we obtain: loo 8s, 340 500 + 0,700 06% 02 30 The resulting mixing curve is the positive branch of a hyperbola in conteast to the straight lines (Eq, 28) that represent two-component mixtures in terms of the concentrations of two conservative elements, The curvature of the mixing hyperbola depends on the ratio of the Sr concentrations of the two compo nents. In the case depicted in Fig. 1.64, the hyperbola is1+ Chemical Propertias and Isotope Systematies Fig. 16. a Mixtutes of Components a and B having diferent asia} k Sys ratios and st concen: trations calculates by meane af Eqs. 39 and 10. The val tes ofthe mining parameter amo} toes fy (bg ss) are micited om thong he curve he evatng \ fois carve isthe postive branch of a hyperbelasb The i ys hinghyperbolain Porta, 0280+ | g ance with Eh © om one | mot a | ate » j er ee 2 4 6 8 0 (SP inpm) (Sn 108 top") convex downward because Sty/Ste< 1.0. 1F Sty/Sty> 1.3, the mixing hyperbola is convex upward. If Sty/St) = 1.0 Src isotopic mixtures the mixing hyperbola turns into a straight line. An ex: ample of such an occurrence is presented in Sect. 52 for asuite of samples of hydrothermal watersdiseharged by hotsprings on the seafloor of the Mariana Trough in. 2 the Pacific Ocean based on data by Kusakabe ct al.(1g9c}.. & Equations 129 and 10 can be combined by elimi nating fy from both equations, The resulting equation, * derived by Faure (1986) is | (13) a) 0 Oe ws0eSr Equation » bola in coordinates of the ©st)"Se ratio and the Se concentration as shown in ig. 16a. However, the equation cas be transformed into ‘a straight line by inverting the Sr concentrations. in other words, the x-coardinate is set equal 10 1/ (Sr)yy ln that case, is the slope of the straight line and bis the inter Fig, 17. Mixing hyperbola af wo compeinens A (Dasa nd By gran ite! defined inthe es-The®’SuSrane*NEINd tin ofall ms Tires of these Components teem pons that fe on the hyperbo sept on the yvaxis, The conversion of the mixing hyper bola into straight line is illustrated in Fig. .6b. Igneous rocks may form by mixing of magmas, as a result of assimilation af erustal racks by mantle-derived magmas, or by melting of heterogeneous source rocks containing Se, Nd, and Pb having different isotope com positions. The resulting isotopic mixtures of Sr-Nds Sr:bb,Nd. Pb, ete.can be modeled using Eqs. x29 and 1.3. The byperbolain Fig. 17 describes such mistu ordinates of the °'St/*Srand '*!Ndi!Nd ratios formed by combining two components in varying proportions (Component A= basalt; Component B= granite)