Major and trace elements at DSDP Leg 74 Holes

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Autores principales: Thompson, Geoffrey, Humphris, Susan E
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author Thompson, Geoffrey
Humphris, Susan E
author_facet Thompson, Geoffrey
Humphris, Susan E
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 74 drilled basement on the Walvis Ridge at Sites 525, 527, and 528. These sites are located on the crest and flanks of the segment of the Ridge about 68 to 70 m.y. old in the central province of the Ridge. Each site has a number of distinct subaqueous flows separated by sediment layers. Although variation in geochemistry among units and sites is related in part to alteration or crystal fractionation, some is caused by small-scale compositional variation in the mantle source of the basalts. Leg 74 basalts are similar to other basalts recovered from the Walvis Ridge and the Rio Grande Rise. They show distinct compositional differences to mid-ocean ridge basalts in general, to those recovered from the South Atlantic at this latitude, and to basalts presently erupting in Tristan da Cunha. The composition of the Walvis Ridge basalts does not suggest simple mixtures of present-day MORB and Tristan da Cunha melts. If the Walvis Ridge represents the trace of the Tristan da Cunha hot spot as the plates separated, then the composition of the mantle source has differed at different times in the past, which suggests mantle heterogeneity.
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spellingShingle Major and trace elements at DSDP Leg 74 Holes
Thompson, Geoffrey
Humphris, Susan E
74-525; 74-525A; 74-527; 74-528; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg74; South Atlantic/CREST; South Atlantic/RIDGE; South Atlantic Ocean
Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 74 drilled basement on the Walvis Ridge at Sites 525, 527, and 528. These sites are located on the crest and flanks of the segment of the Ridge about 68 to 70 m.y. old in the central province of the Ridge. Each site has a number of distinct subaqueous flows separated by sediment layers. Although variation in geochemistry among units and sites is related in part to alteration or crystal fractionation, some is caused by small-scale compositional variation in the mantle source of the basalts. Leg 74 basalts are similar to other basalts recovered from the Walvis Ridge and the Rio Grande Rise. They show distinct compositional differences to mid-ocean ridge basalts in general, to those recovered from the South Atlantic at this latitude, and to basalts presently erupting in Tristan da Cunha. The composition of the Walvis Ridge basalts does not suggest simple mixtures of present-day MORB and Tristan da Cunha melts. If the Walvis Ridge represents the trace of the Tristan da Cunha hot spot as the plates separated, then the composition of the mantle source has differed at different times in the past, which suggests mantle heterogeneity.
title Major and trace elements at DSDP Leg 74 Holes
topic 74-525; 74-525A; 74-527; 74-528; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg74; South Atlantic/CREST; South Atlantic/RIDGE; South Atlantic Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810632