Mineralogy of serpentine muds of ODP Leg 125 holes (Table 1)


Autoria(s): Fryer, Patricia B; Mottl, Michael J
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MEDIAN LATITUDE: 22.381437 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 145.437938 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 19.499000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 141.738000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 30.964300 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 146.696000 * DATE/TIME START: 1986-03-26T10:30:00 * DATE/TIME END: 1989-03-31T10:00:00 * MINIMUM ELEVATION: -4912.0 m * MAXIMUM ELEVATION: -3095.0 m

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15/07/1992

Resumo

Large serpentinite seamounts are common in the forearc regions between the trench axis and the active volcanic fronts of the Mariana and Izu-Bonin intraoceanic arcs. The seamounts apparently form both as mud volcanoes, composed of unconsolidated serpentine mud flows that have entrained metamorphosed ultramafic and mafic rocks, and as horst blocks, possibly diapirically emplaced, of serpentinized ultramafics partially draped with unconsolidated serpentine slump deposits and mud flows. The clayand silt-sized serpentine recovered from three sites on Conical Seamount on the Mariana forearc region and from two sites on Torishima Forearc Seamount on the Izu-Bonin forearc region is composed predominantly of chrysotile, brucite, chlorite, and clays. A variety of accessory minerals attest to the presence of unusual pore fluids in some of the samples. Aragonite, unstable at the depths at which the serpentine deposits were drilled, is present in many of the surficial cores from Conical Seamount. Sjogrenite minerals, commonly found as weathering products of serpentine resulting from interaction with groundwater, are found in most of the samples. The presence of aragonite and carbonate-hydroxide hydrate minerals argues for interaction of the serpentine deposits with fluids other than seawater. There are numerous examples of sedimentary serpentinite deposits exposed on land that are very similar to the deposits recovered from the serpentine seamounts drilled on ODP Leg 125. We suggest that Conical Seamount may be a type locality for the study of in situ formation of many of these sedimentary serpentinite bodies. Further, we suggest that both the deposits drilled on Conical Seamount and on Torishima Forearc Seamount demonstrate that serpentinization can continue in situ within the seamounts through interaction of the serpentine deposits with both seawater and subduction-related fluids.

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https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.763152

doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.763152

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en

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Fonte

Supplement to: Fryer, Patricia B; Mottl, Michael J (1992): Lithology, mineralogy, and origin of serpentine muds recovered from Conical and Torishima Forearc Seamounts: Results of Leg 125 drilling. In: Fryer, P; Pearce, JA; Stokking, LB; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 125, 343-362, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.125.126.1992

Palavras-Chave #125-778A; 125-779A; 125-780A; 125-780B; 125-780C; 125-780D; 125-783A; 125-784A; Amphibole; Antigorite; Aragonite; Brucite; Brugnatellite; Calcite; Chaoite; Chlorite; Chromite; Chrysotile; Coalingite; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Epidote; Event label; Garnet; Goethite; Greenalite; Iowaite; Joides Resolution; Leg125; Lizardite; Loughlinite; Magnetite; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; ODP sample designation; Olivine; Opaque minerals; Orthopyroxene; Profundobythere volans; Sample code/label; Siderite; Sjogrenite group; Spinel; Talc
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