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Large scale isotopic Sr, Nd and O isotopic anatomy of altered oceanic crust: DSDP/ODP sites417/418 |
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| Authors: | Hubert Staudigel GR Davies Stanley R Hart KM Marchant and Brian M Smith |
| Institution: | aCentre for Isotope Geology, Netherlands Research School of Sedimentology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam ,The Netherlands bWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543,USA cScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-008,USA dLawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 70A 3363, Isotope Geochemistry, Berkeley CA 94720,USA |
| Abstract: | Large-scale compositional domains at DSDP/ODP drill sites 417A, 417D and 418A were analyzed for O, Sr and Nd isotope ratios, and REE, U, K, Rb and Sr abundances, to constrain the bulk chemical composition of the oceanic crust that is recycled at subduction zones. The combination of the three sites gives the composition of the upper oceanic crust in this region over a distance of about 8 km. The δ18OSMOW and87Sr/86Srmeas of compositional domains 10–100 m in size correlate well, with a range of 7.7–19.2 and 0.70364–0.70744, and mean of 9.96 and 0.70475, respectively. The Rb inventory of the upper crust increases by about an order of magnitude, while Sr contents remain constant. U abundances increase moderately under oxidizing alteration conditions and nearly triple in the commonly reducing alteration environments of the upper oceanic crust. REEs are influenced by alteration only to a small extent, and recycled oceanic crust is similar to MORB with respect to143Nd/144Nd. Even though the average composition of the upper oceanic crust is well defined, the large scale composition varies widely. Highly altered compositional domains may not have a large impact on the average composition of the oceanic crust, but they may preferentially contribute to fluids or partial melts derived from the crust by prograde metamorphic reactions. |
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