Chemical composition of ocean floor tholeiites and MORB glasses from DSDP Hole 24-238

Fuente: PANGAEA
Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Hertogen, Jan GH, Janssens, M-J, Palme, H
Format: Dataset Open Access
Langue:en
Publié: PANGAEA 1980
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1867167660587876352
author Hertogen, Jan GH
Janssens, M-J
Palme, H
author_facet Hertogen, Jan GH
Janssens, M-J
Palme, H
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Seven well-documented and fresh glassy selvages from ocean floor basalt pillows were analyzed by radiochemical neutron activation analysis for Ag, Au, Bi, Br, Cd, Cs, Ge, In, Ir, Ni, Os, Pd, Rb, Re, Sb, Se, Te, Tl, U and Zn. The samples came from active spreading centers in the Indian and Atlantic Ocean. Glasses from DSDP Leg 24, site 238 (Indian Ocean) have a somewhat peculiar trace element pattern, but this is thought to reflect secondary processes operating at shallow depth, not an anomalous source region in the mantle. Our data rather indicate that heterogeneities in the mantle are confined to the highly incompatible lithophile elements. Chemical fractionations during petrogenesis of tholeiitic basalts are discussed in the light of literature data for primitive peridotitic upper mantle nodules. (Ir, Os), Au, Pd, Ni and Re are strongly fractionated from each other in igneous processes; the unfractionated chondritic mantle pattern thus imposes firm constraints on mantle evolution models. The potentially chalcophile elements Ag, Cd, In and Zn do not behave differently from lithophile elements of the same valency and comparable ionic radius. Residual sulfides are not abundant enough to efficiently control the partitioning of these elements during basalt petrogenesis. However, the poor coherence of Tl to Rb and U in ocean floor basalts could point to retention of Tl by residual sulfides during depletion of the MORB source regions. Sb is strongly depleted in the source regions of ocean ridge basalts; most likely, it was present as a highly incompatible Sb(5+) cation. The limited Rb/Cs fractionation in oceanic tholeiites, as opposed to continental tholeiites and acidic rocks, appears to reflect the low abundance of volatile constituents and hydrous silicates in normal ocean ridge basalts.
format Dataset Open Access
id pangaea_https___doi_org_10_1594_PANGAEA_707362
institution PANGAEA
language en
publishDate 1980
publisher PANGAEA
record_format pangaea
spellingShingle Chemical composition of ocean floor tholeiites and MORB glasses from DSDP Hole 24-238
Hertogen, Jan GH
Janssens, M-J
Palme, H
24-238; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Indian Ocean//FRACTURE ZONE; Leg24
Seven well-documented and fresh glassy selvages from ocean floor basalt pillows were analyzed by radiochemical neutron activation analysis for Ag, Au, Bi, Br, Cd, Cs, Ge, In, Ir, Ni, Os, Pd, Rb, Re, Sb, Se, Te, Tl, U and Zn. The samples came from active spreading centers in the Indian and Atlantic Ocean. Glasses from DSDP Leg 24, site 238 (Indian Ocean) have a somewhat peculiar trace element pattern, but this is thought to reflect secondary processes operating at shallow depth, not an anomalous source region in the mantle. Our data rather indicate that heterogeneities in the mantle are confined to the highly incompatible lithophile elements. Chemical fractionations during petrogenesis of tholeiitic basalts are discussed in the light of literature data for primitive peridotitic upper mantle nodules. (Ir, Os), Au, Pd, Ni and Re are strongly fractionated from each other in igneous processes; the unfractionated chondritic mantle pattern thus imposes firm constraints on mantle evolution models. The potentially chalcophile elements Ag, Cd, In and Zn do not behave differently from lithophile elements of the same valency and comparable ionic radius. Residual sulfides are not abundant enough to efficiently control the partitioning of these elements during basalt petrogenesis. However, the poor coherence of Tl to Rb and U in ocean floor basalts could point to retention of Tl by residual sulfides during depletion of the MORB source regions. Sb is strongly depleted in the source regions of ocean ridge basalts; most likely, it was present as a highly incompatible Sb(5+) cation. The limited Rb/Cs fractionation in oceanic tholeiites, as opposed to continental tholeiites and acidic rocks, appears to reflect the low abundance of volatile constituents and hydrous silicates in normal ocean ridge basalts.
title Chemical composition of ocean floor tholeiites and MORB glasses from DSDP Hole 24-238
topic 24-238; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Indian Ocean//FRACTURE ZONE; Leg24
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.707362