The scavenging of U, 230 Th and 231 Pa during pulsed hydrothermal activity at 20°S, East Pacific Rise

Details The scavenging of U, 230 Th and 231 Pa during pulsed hydrothermal activity at 20°S, East Pacific Rise The scavenging of U, 230 Th and 231 Pa during pulsed hydrothermal activity at 20°S, East Pacific Rise

Mar 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988gecoa..52..669s&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 52, Issue 3, pp.669-677

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Uranium, Th and Pa isotopes were measured in eight box-cores from two transects to the west of the East Pacific Rise at 10°S and 20°S. Sediment geochemistry (Al, Ca, Fe, Mn) and water column paniculates (Mn) suggest that highly metalliferous plumes, rich in Fe and Mn, are emanating from the rise crest at 19°S. Measurements of 230 Th xs and 231 Pa xs indicate decreasing sediment accumulation rates from the rise flank (0.4 cm ky -1 ) to the Tiki Basin (0.23 cm ky -1 ). Over this geographical area Al is found to have a constant flux of 3.6 × 10 -4 g cm -2 ky -1 . Application of an Al constant flux model to ridge crest metalliferous sediment reveals two 1,000 year pulses of hydrothermal activity during the Holoccne (since 11,000 y BP). These hydrothermal pulses are characterised by hydrothermal Fe/Mn ratios (3.5:1), enhanced 230 Th and 231 Pa scavenging, and low 230 Th xs / 231 Pa xs ratios (3-4). The similarity of the 230 Th xs and 231 Pa xs ratio to the dissolved seawaterrauo suggests that in fracuonation of the isotopes occurs during scavenging. Supplementary supply of dissolved 230 Th and 231 Pa in a westwards-moving water mass is suggested.

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