Strontium, oxygen, and hydrogen isotope geochemistry of hydrothermally altered and weathered rocks in DSDP Hole 504B, Costa Rica Rift
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Get full text doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(87)90132-4 |
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| Author(s): | Kawahata, Hodaka; Kusakabe, Minoru; Kikuchi, Yoshiko |
| Author Affiliation(s): |
Primary: Geol. Surv. Jap., Ibaraki, Japan Other: Okayama Univ., Japan Toyama Univ., Japan |
| Volume Title: | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| Source: | Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 85(4), p.343-355. Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISSN: 0012-821X CODEN: EPSLA2 |
| Note: | In English. 53 refs.; illus. incl. 4 tables |
| Summary: | DSDP Hole 504B was drilled into 6 m.y. crust, approx 200 km south of the Costa Rica Rift, Galapagos Spreading Centre, 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 dykes. Isotopic geochemical signatures in relation to the alteration zones at various depths are given. Alteration T are as low as 10°C in Zones I and II based on oxygen isotope fractionation. Sr isotopic data indicate that a circulation of sea-water is much more restricted in Zone II than in Zone I. Fluid inclusion measurements of vein quartz indicate that the alteration T was mainly 300 + or - 20°C in Zones III and IV, which is consistent with secondary mineral assemblages. The Sr, O and H isotopic compositions of hydrothermal fluids which were responsible for the greenschist facies alteration in Zones II and IV are estimated to be 0.7037, 2per mille and 3per mille respectively. Sr and O isotope data indicate that completely altered portions of greenstones and vein minerals were in equilibrium with modified sea-water under low water/rock ratios (in weight) of approx 1.6. This value is close to that of the end-member hydrothermal fluids issuing at 21°N EPR. |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Research Program: |
DSDP Deep Sea Drilling Project IPOD International Phase of Ocean Drilling ODP Ocean Drilling Program |
| Key Words: | 02 Geochemistry; 05 Petrology, Igneous and Metamorphic; Alkaline earth metals; Basalts; Costa Rica Rift; D/H; DSDP Site 504; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Deuterium; East Pacific; Galapagos Rift; Geochemistry; Hydrogen; Hydrothermal alteration; IPOD; Igneous rocks; Isotopes; Leg 111; Leg 137; Leg 140; Leg 148; Leg 69; Leg 70; Leg 83; Leg 92; Metals; Metasomatism; Mineral assemblages; O-18/O-16; Ocean Drilling Program; Oxygen; Pacific Ocean; Sr-87/Sr-86; Stable isotopes; Strontium; Volcanic rocks |
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| Record ID: | 1988007327 |
| Copyright Information: | GeoRef, Copyright 2019 American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Mineralogical Abstracts, United Kingdom, Twickenham, United Kingdom |