Sr, Nd, water and carbon dioxide input of altered Pacific MORB into the Tonga subduction zone

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Apr 2003

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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #2523

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The hydrothermally altered and weathered uppermost section of subducting oceanic plates influences the budget of many fluid-mobile elements in supra-subduction zones. The characterisation of subducted upper basement is therefore an important parameter for the understanding of arc-magmatism. We present preliminary Sr and Nd isotope as well as H_2O^+ and CO_2 concentration data for altered basalts from ˜80 Ma Pacific crust drilled during DSDP Leg 91 (Site 595; 23^o49.3'S and 165^o31.6'W) 1000 km East of the Tonga trench. The sample set consists of 10 partially altered, aphyric microcrystalline basalts and subordinate breccia from the uppermost 55 m of basement. Smectite, celadonite, calcite, and Fe-oxides are the most abundant secondary phases, replacing igneous groundmass and filling fissures and void space. 87Sr/86Sr and 143Nd/144Nd isotope ratios vary between 0.70330 and 0.70445 and between 0.513059 and 0.513095, respectively. The H_2O^+ and CO_2 concentrations range from 2.2 to 4.3 wt.% and 0.21 to 3.13 wt.%, respectively. 87Sr/86Sr is positively correlated with H_2O^+ concentrations and alteration intensity (chiefly smectite abundance). Significant macroscopic authigenic carbonate is developed in only two samples, all others show slightly elevated concentrations between 0.21 and 0.82 wt.% related to trace calcite in veinlets. Interestingly, 143Nd/144Nd is negatively correlated with CO_2 abundance suggesting that the 143Nd/144Nd may by ascribed to seawater alteration rather than mantle source heterogeneity. Our preliminary data indicate that the intensity of alteration and the magnitude of chemical change may be greater at Site 595 than in the 6 Ma old eastern Pacific crust at Sites 504 and 896 (Alt et al., 1996) but somewhat smaller than at Sites 417/418 in 118 Ma Atlantic crust (Staudigel et al., 1995). In addition to Sites 801 and 1149 in old Pacific crust, Site 595 may provide insights into western Pacific subduction zone inputs with particular relevance for the Tonga subduction zone. Alt, J.C. et al., Proc. ODP 148, 435-450, 1996. Staudigel, H. et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 130, 169-185, 1995.

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