Strontium, oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of basalts from DSDP Hole 504B

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Autori principali: Kawahata, Hodaka, Kusakabe, Minoru, Kikuchi, Yoshiko
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author Kawahata, Hodaka
Kusakabe, Minoru
Kikuchi, Yoshiko
author_facet Kawahata, Hodaka
Kusakabe, Minoru
Kikuchi, Yoshiko
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contents DSDP Hole 504B was drilled into 6 Ma crust, about 200 km south of the Costa Rica Rift, Galapagos Spreading Center, penetrating 1.35 km into a section that can be divided into four zones--Zone I: oxic submarine weathering; Zone II: anoxic alteration; Zones III and IV: hydrothermal alteration to greenschist facies. In Zone III there is intense veining of pillow basalts. Zone IV consists of altered sheeted dikes. Isotopic geochemical signatures in relation to the alteration zones are recorded in Hole 504B, as follows: Zone Depth(m) Average87Sr/86Sr Average delta18O ( per mil ) Average deltaD ( per mil ) I 275-550 0.7032 7.3 -63 II 550-890 0.7029 6.5 -45 III 890-1050 0.7035 5.6 -31 IV 1050-1350 0.7032 5.5 -36 Alteration temperatures are as low as 10°C in Zones I and II based on oxygen isotope fractionation. Strontium isotopic data indicate that a circulation of seawater is much more restricted in Zone II than in Zone I. Fluid inclusion measurements of vein quartz indicate the alteration temperature was mainly 300 +/- 20°C in Zones III and IV, which is consistent with secondary mineral assemblages. The strontium, oxygen, and hydrogen isotopic compositions of hydrothermal fluids which were responsible for the greenschist facies alteration in Zones III and IV are estimated to be 0.7037, 2 per mil , and 3 per mil , respectively. Strontium and oxygen isotope data indicate that completely altered portions of greenstones and vein minerals were in equilibrium with modified seawater under low water/rock ratios (in weight) of about 1.6. This value is close to that of the end-member hydrothermal fluids issuing at 21°N EPR. Basement rocks are not completely hydrothermally altered. About 32% of the greenstones in Zones III and IV have escaped alteration. Thus 1 g of fresh basalt including the 32% unaltered portion are required in order to make 1 g of end-member solution from fresh seawater in water-rock reactions.
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spellingShingle Strontium, oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of basalts from DSDP Hole 504B
Kawahata, Hodaka
Kusakabe, Minoru
Kikuchi, Yoshiko
69-504B; 70-504B; 83-504B; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg69; Leg70; Leg83
DSDP Hole 504B was drilled into 6 Ma crust, about 200 km south of the Costa Rica Rift, Galapagos Spreading Center, penetrating 1.35 km into a section that can be divided into four zones--Zone I: oxic submarine weathering; Zone II: anoxic alteration; Zones III and IV: hydrothermal alteration to greenschist facies. In Zone III there is intense veining of pillow basalts. Zone IV consists of altered sheeted dikes. Isotopic geochemical signatures in relation to the alteration zones are recorded in Hole 504B, as follows: Zone Depth(m) Average87Sr/86Sr Average delta18O ( per mil ) Average deltaD ( per mil ) I 275-550 0.7032 7.3 -63 II 550-890 0.7029 6.5 -45 III 890-1050 0.7035 5.6 -31 IV 1050-1350 0.7032 5.5 -36 Alteration temperatures are as low as 10°C in Zones I and II based on oxygen isotope fractionation. Strontium isotopic data indicate that a circulation of seawater is much more restricted in Zone II than in Zone I. Fluid inclusion measurements of vein quartz indicate the alteration temperature was mainly 300 +/- 20°C in Zones III and IV, which is consistent with secondary mineral assemblages. The strontium, oxygen, and hydrogen isotopic compositions of hydrothermal fluids which were responsible for the greenschist facies alteration in Zones III and IV are estimated to be 0.7037, 2 per mil , and 3 per mil , respectively. Strontium and oxygen isotope data indicate that completely altered portions of greenstones and vein minerals were in equilibrium with modified seawater under low water/rock ratios (in weight) of about 1.6. This value is close to that of the end-member hydrothermal fluids issuing at 21°N EPR. Basement rocks are not completely hydrothermally altered. About 32% of the greenstones in Zones III and IV have escaped alteration. Thus 1 g of fresh basalt including the 32% unaltered portion are required in order to make 1 g of end-member solution from fresh seawater in water-rock reactions.
title Strontium, oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of basalts from DSDP Hole 504B
topic 69-504B; 70-504B; 83-504B; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg69; Leg70; Leg83
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712352