Strontium and neodymium isotopes in hot springs on the East Pacific Rise and Guaymas Basin

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Mar 1985

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 72, no. 4, March 1985, p. 341-356.

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Earth Crust, Neodymium Isotopes, Ocean Bottom, Springs (Water), Strontium Isotopes, Geochemistry, Hydrothermal Systems, Sea Water

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Solutions collected from 21 deg N, East Pacific Rise (Epr) and Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, are analyzed for Nd isotopic composition and Sm and Nd concentrations. The results indicate extensive but not complete isotopic exchange with Sr in the depleted oceanic crust and that Sr concentrations in these solutions are buffered. In contrast, the Nd data exhibit a wide range in isotopic composition and concentration between vents. Many samples show substantial contributions from MORB, but all have isotopic compositions below MORB, in spite of enrichments in Nd up to 100 times seawater. It is shown that the fluids must exchange Nd with a sedimentary reservoir having an isotopic composition less than Pacific seawater. Low-temperature reactions with metalliferous sediments on the flanks of the EPR may provide such a source. Using a simple box method, estimates of the hydrothermal fluxes of Nd are compared to fluxes which are necessary to maintain a radiogenic isotopic composition of about -3 in the Pacific against the influx of Antarctic waters. It is concluded that erosion from island arcs is the main source of radiogenic Nd in the Pacific.

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