Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979gecoa..43.1937b&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 43, Issue 12, pp.1937-1947
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Basaltic glass and diabase were reacted with seawater at 70°C at 1 bar and 150°C at 500 bars to determine fluid composition and alteration mineralogy. All experiments were performed at a water/ rock mass ratio of 10. The changes in seawater chemistry depended on temperature and crystallinity of the basalt. The experiment at 70°C produced a slight but continuous loss of Mg, Na and K and enrichment of Ca and SiO 2 in the seawater while pH decreased slowly. At 150°C, in contrast, Mg and SO 4 were quickly and quantitatively removed while Ca, SiO 2 , Na, K, Fe, Mn and Ba were added to the seawater. pH rose to values between 5.5 and 6.5 after an initial drop to lower values. Basalt glass reacted more extensively at 150°C than diabase. Smectite was the major alteration product (iron-rich saponite) at 150°C for both the glass and diabase experiments. Smectite from the diabase experiment was well crystallized while that from the glass experiment was poorly crystallized. The smectites are similar to smectites found in altered oceanic ophiolitic basalts.
Bischoff L. Jr. J.
Seyfried William E.
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