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Chemical and mineralogical changes during basalt-seawater interaction: Site 223, Leg 23, D.S.D.P., north-west Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. Th. Papavassiliou  and
M. E. Cosgrove
C. Th. Papavassiliou
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Southampton, SO9 5NH
M. E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Southampton, SO9 5NH
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Abstract

The development of low- and hightemperature alteration products in a 23 m section of ocean-floor basalts is described. Analcime, calcite and dioctahedral smectite are ubiquitous. Trioctahedral smectite, smectite-chlorite mixed layers, chabazite and scolecite occur in the deeper sections with Fe3+ oxides/hydroxides progressively becoming more abundant in the upper regions. The upper layers of the sequence show marked chemical reduction. High-temperature chemical changes include Na and Mg enrichment accompanied by Ca and Fe2+ losses. Superimposed low temperature changes include gains in Fe3+ K, Li, and Rb, and losses in Na, Ca, and Fe2+ Many trace elements also show consistent behaviour.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 44 , Issue 334 , June 1981 , pp. 141 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1981

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Present address: Laboratory of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Athens, Ano Ilissia (Panepistimioupolis), Athens, Greece.

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