Geochemistry of the lower sheeted dike complex of ODP Holes 137-504B and 140-504B

Sixty-three samples representing 379 m of sheeted dikes from Deep Sea Drilling Project/Ocean Drilling Program Site 504B have been analyzed for major and selected trace elements by X-ray fluorescence. The samples range from microcrystalline aphyric basalts to moderately phyric (2%-10% phenocrysts) diabase that are typically multiply saturated with plagioclase, olivine, and clinopyroxene, in order of relative abundance. All analyzed samples are classified as Group D compositions with moderate to slightly elevated compatible elements (MgÆ-value = 0.65% ± 0.03%; Al2O3 = 15.5% ± 0.8%; CaO = 13.0% ± 0.3%; Ni = 114 ± 29 ppm), and unusually depleted levels of moderate to highly incompatible elements (Nb < 1 ppm; Zr = 44 ± 7 ppm; Rb < 0.5 ppm; Ba ~ 1 ppm; P2O5 = 0.07% ± 0.02%). These compositions are consistent with a multistage melting of a normal ocean ridge basaltic mantle source followed by extensive fractionation of olivine, plagioclase, and clinopyroxene. Leg 140 aphyric to sparsely phyric (0%-2% phenocrysts) basalts and diabases are compositionally indistinguishable from similarly phyric samples at higher levels in the hole. An examination of the entire crustal section, from the overlying volcanics through the sheeted dikes observed in Leg 140, reveals no significant trends indicating the enrichment or depletion of Costa Rica Rift Zone source magmas over time. Similarly, significant trends toward increased or decreased differentiation cannot be identified, although compositional patterns reflecting variable amounts of phenocryst addition are apparent at various depths. Below ? 1700 mbsf to the bottom of the Leg 140 section, there is a broadly systematic pattern of Zn depletion with depth, the result of high-temperature hydrothermal leaching. This zone of depletion is thought to be a significant source of Zn for the hydrothermal fluids depositing metal sulfides at ridge-crest hydrothermal vents and the sulfide-mineralization zone, located in the transition between pillow lavas and sheeted dikes. Localized zones of intense alteration (60%-95% recrystallization) are present on a centimeter to meter scale in many lithologic units. Within these zones, normally immobile elements Ti, Zr, Y, and rare-earth elements are strongly depleted compared with "fresher" samples centimeters away. The extent of compositional variability of these elements tends to obscure primary igneous trends if the highly altered samples are not identified or removed. At levels up to 40% (or possibly 60%) recrystallization, Ti, Zr, and Y retain their primary signatures. Although the mechanisms are unclear, it is possible that these intense alteration zones are a source of Y and rare-earth elements for the typically rare-earth-element-enriched hydrothermal vent fluids of mid-ocean ridges.

Vigo y la Expo Internacional Novísima Poesía/69 (CAV-ITDT, 1969) como materialización del intercambio. Posibilidades del concretismo

El epígrafe de Romero Brest (1969) expresa la incertidumbre respecto de la Expo Internacional Novísima Poesía/69 (1969, CAV-ITDT). ¿Por qué este desconcierto ante el contenido de la exposición? ¿Qué circunstancias en esos años hacen viable la experimentación, incluyendo poesía concreta? ¿Cómo ingresa ésta en el circuito institucional? ¿Qué formas de positividad (Foucault, 1990) adquieren los términos experimentación, concretismo, vanguardia? Las conexiones de la Expo con el concretismo se producen a partir del sistema de intercambios que genera Vigo con artistas de otros países; dejan entrever las fricciones con el modo de entender la vanguardia y las inscripciones de sentido del internacionalismo

Magnetic properties, grain sizes and minerals at DSDP Site 83-504B

Twenty-seven samples from the Leg 83 section of Hole 504B have been investigated using magnetic, optical, and electron optical methods. The primary magnetic mineral to crystallize was titanomagnetite of approximate composition Fe2.4Ti0.6O4 (TM60), but none survives, nor is there evidence of titanomaghemite produced by oxidation of TM60. The average measured magnetic properties can be interpreted in terms of magnetite, Fe3O4, having average grain size of <1 µm and present in average volume concentration of - 0.5%. The intensity of the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) of the rocks could also be accounted for as being a thermoremanence carried by this mineral. Although the heterogeneity of the titanomagnetite grains could be detected optically, the texture of the intergrown phases is poorly developed. In some samples from the massive units of the lower part of the section, trellis patterns were visible. The Fe3O4 present in the intergrowths is too intimately mixed with the other intergrown phases to be revealed by electron microprobe analysis that simply returns the bulk composition of the intergrowth (oxidized TM60). The path by which the mineral assemblage evolved from TM60 to an Fe304-containing intergrowth, under the temperature and pressure conditions obtaining in the Leg 83 section, makes interesting speculation. Deuteric oxidation, maghemitization/inversion, or some hypothetical low-temperature/high-pressure oxidation by a leaching-of-iron process may all play roles.

Major oxides, trace elements and rare earth elements of selected basalt samples at DSDP Hole 83-504B

DSDP Hole 504B is the deepest section drilled into oceanic basement, penetrating through a 571.5-m lava pile and a 209-m transition zone of lavas and dikes into 295 m of a sheeted dike complex. To define the basement composition 194 samples of least altered basalts, representing all lithologic units, were analyzed for their major and 26 trace elements. As is evident from the alteration-sensitive indicators H2O+, CO2, S, K, Mn, Zn, Cu, and the iron oxidation ratio, all rocks recovered are chemically altered to some extent. Downhole variation in these parameters enables us to distinguish five depth-related alteration zones that closely correlate with changes in alteration mineralogy. Alteration in the uppermost basement portion is characterized by pronounced K-uptake, sulfur loss, and iron oxidation and clearly demonstrates low-temperature seawater interaction. A very spectacular type of alteration is confined to the depth range from 910 to 1059 m below seafloor (BSF). Rocks from this basement portion exhibit the lowest iron oxidation, the highest H2O+ contents, and a considerable enrichment in Mn, S, Zn, and Cu. At the top of this zone a stockwork-like sulfide mineralization occurs. The chemical data suggest that this basement portion was at one time within a hydrothermal upflow zone. The steep gradient in alteration chemistry above this zone and the ore precipitation are interpreted as the result of mixing of the upflowing hydrothermal fluids with lower-temperature solutions circulating in the lava pile. Despite the chemical alteration the primary composition and variation of the rocks can be reliably established. All data demonstrate that the pillow lavas and the dikes are remarkably uniform and display almost the same range of variation. A general characteristic of the rocks that classify as olivine tholeiites is their high MgO contents (up to 10.5 wt.%) and their low K abundances (-200 ppm). According to their mg-values, which range from 0.60 to 0.74, most basalts appear to have undergone some high-level crystal fractionation. Despite the overall similarity in composition, there are two major basalt groups that have significantly different abundances and ratios of incompatible elements at similar mg-values. The majority of the basalts from the pillow lava and dike sections are chemically closely related, and most probably represent differentiation products of a common parental magma. They are low in Na2O, TiO2, and P2O5, and very low in the more hygromagmaphile elements. Interdigitated with this basalt group is a very rarely occurring basalt that is higher in Na2O, TiO2, P2O5, much less depleted in hygromagmaphile elements, and similar to normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB). The latter is restricted to Lithologic Units 5 and 36 of the pillow lava section and Lithologic Unit 83 of the dike section. The two basalt groups cannot be related by differentiation processes but have to be regarded as products of two different parental magmas. The compositional uniformity of the majority of the basalts suggests that the magma chamber beneath the Costa Rica Rift reached nearly steady-state conditions. However, the presence of lavas and dikes that crystallized from a different parental magma requires the existence of a separate conduit-magma chamber system for these melts. Occasionally mixing between the two magma types appears to have occurred. The chemical characteristics of the two magma types imply some heterogeneity in the mantle source underlying the Costa Rica Rift. The predominant magma type represents an extremely depleted source, whereas the rare magma type presumably originated from regions of less depleted mantle material (relict or affected by metasomatism).

Vigo y la Expo Internacional Novísima Poesía/69 (CAV-ITDT, 1969) como materialización del intercambio. Posibilidades del concretismo

El epígrafe de Romero Brest (1969) expresa la incertidumbre respecto de la Expo Internacional Novísima Poesía/69 (1969, CAV-ITDT). ¿Por qué este desconcierto ante el contenido de la exposición? ¿Qué circunstancias en esos años hacen viable la experimentación, incluyendo poesía concreta? ¿Cómo ingresa ésta en el circuito institucional? ¿Qué formas de positividad (Foucault, 1990) adquieren los términos experimentación, concretismo, vanguardia? Las conexiones de la Expo con el concretismo se producen a partir del sistema de intercambios que genera Vigo con artistas de otros países; dejan entrever las fricciones con el modo de entender la vanguardia y las inscripciones de sentido del internacionalismo

El 69 platense : Luchas obreras, conflictos estudiantiles y militancia de izquierda en La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada durante la Revolución Argentina

Tabla de contenidos: Conflicto social y protesta en la ciudad de La Plata : El caso del movimiento estudiantil frente a la irrupción de la Revolución Argentina / Pablo Augusto Bonavena. El PRT - La Verdad durante 1968 en La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada : Una visión a través de su prensa / Christian Castillo. El 68 platense : Primeros avances hacia un mapa de la conflictividad obrera y estudiantil / Andrés N. Cappannini, Federico Rotelle, Juan L. Besoky. Conflictividad del movimiento estudiantil y de la clase obrera platense durante el año 69 : Algunos elementos para su estudio / Agustín Nava. Acumulación de capital y conflictividad social en La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada, 1966-1969 / Pablo Romá. Grandes huelgas platenses durante la Revolución Argentina en perspectiva comparada / Marcelo Raimundo. Grandes huelgas platenses durante la Revolución Argentina en perspectiva comparada / Marcelo Raimundo.