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PANGAEA
In:
Supplement to: Maury, R C; Bellon, Herve; Bougault, Henri; Joron, Jean Louis; Bohn, Marcel; de Graciansky, Pierre C (1985): Oceanic tholeiites from Leg 80 Sites (Celtic Sea passive margin, northeastern Atlantic): geochemistry and mineralogy. In: De Graciansky, PC; Poag, CW; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Gov. Printing Office), 80, 939-946, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.80.142.1985
Publication Date:
2023-05-12
Description:
The Leg 80 basalts drilled on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain 10 km southwest of Goban Spur (Hole 550B) and on the western edge of Goban Spur (Hole 551), respectively, are typical light-rare-earth-element- (LREE-) depleted oceanic tholeiites. The basalts from the two holes are almost identical; most of their primary geochemical and mineralogical characteristics have been preserved, but they have undergone some low-temperature alteration by seawater, such as enrichment in K, Rb, and Cs and development of secondary potassic minerals of the "brownstone facies." K/Ar dating fail to give realistic emplacement ages; the apparent ages obtained become younger with alteration (causing an increase in K2O). Hole 551 basalts are clearly different from the continental tholeiites emplaced on the margins of oceanizing domains during the prerift and synrift stages.
Keywords:
Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP
Type:
Dataset
Format:
application/zip, 6 datasets
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