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Oct 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990e%26psl.100..275k&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 100, Issue 1-3, p. 275-282.
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Stable isotope ratios of S, O and Sr have been measured for active vent materials which were first found and sampled in April 1987 from the Mariana backarc spreading axis at 18°N. Chimneys consisted mostly of barite with a lesser proportion of sulfide minerals such as sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrite. The δ34S values of sphalerite and galena taken from several chimneys and various parts of a chimney showed a narrow range from 2.1 to 3.1‰, suggesting uniform conditions of fluid chemistry during chimney growth. The sulfur isotopic results imply a contribution of hydrogen sulfide reduced from seawater sulfate in the deep hydrothermal reaction zone, considering that fresh glasses of the Mariana Trough basalts have δ34S = -0.6 +/- 0.3‰. Sulfur isotopic compositions of hydrogen sulfide in the high temperature vent fluids (δ34S = 3.6-4.8‰) which are higher than those of the sulfide minerals suggest the secondary addition of hydrogen sulfide partially reduced from entrained seawater SO42- at a basal part of the chimneys. This interpretation is consistent with the δ34S values of barite (21-22‰) that are higher than those of seawater sulfate. The residence time of the entrained SO42- was an order of an hour on a basis of oxygen isotopic disequilibrium of barite. Strontium isotopic variations of barite and vent waters indicated that Sr in barite was mostly derived from the Mariana Trough basalts with a slight contribution from Sr in circulating sea-water, and that 10-20% mixing of seawater with ascending hydrothermal fluids induced precipitation of barite at the sea-floor.
Kusakabe Minoru
Mayeda Shingo
Nakamura Eizo
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