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Murray, Richard W; Buchholtz ten Brink, Marilyn R; Gerlach, David C; Russ, III, Price G; Jones, David L (1992): Chemical composition of DSDP and ODP cherts [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.700864, Supplement to: Murray, RW et al. (1992): Interoceanic variation in the rare earth, major, and trace element depositional chemistry of chert: Perspectives gained from the DSDP and ODP record. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 56(5), 1897-1913, https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(92)90319-E

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Abstract:
Rare earth element (REE), major, and trace element abundances and relative fractionations in forty nodular cherts sampled by the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) indicate that the REE composition of chert records the interplay between terrigenous sources and scavenging from the local seawater. Major and (non-REE) trace element ratios indicate that the aluminosilicate fraction within the chert is similar to NASC (North American Shale Composite), with average Pacific chert including ~7% NASC-like particles, Indian chert ~11% NASC, Atlantic chert ~17% NASC, and southern high latitude (SHL) chert 53% NASC. Using La as a proxy for sum REE, approximations of excessive La (the amount of La in excess of that supplied by the detrital aluminosilicate fraction) indicate that Pacific chert contains the greatest excessive La (85% of total La) and SHL chert the least (38% of total La). As shown by interelement associations, this excessive La is most likely an adsorbed component onto aluminosilicate and phosphatic phases.
Accordingly, chert from the large Pacific Ocean, where deposition occurs relatively removed from significant terrigenous input, records a depositional REE signal dominated by adsorption of dissolved REEs from seawater. Pacific chert Ce/Ce* <<1 and normative La/Yb ~ 0.8-1, resulting from adsorption of local Ce-depleted seawater and preferential adsorption of LREEs from seawater (e.g., normative La/Yb ~0.4), which increases the normative La/Yb ratio recorded in chert. Chert from the Atlantic basin, a moderately sized ocean basin lined by passive margins and with more terrigenous input than the Pacific, records a mix of adsorptive and terrigenous REE signals, with moderately negative Ce anomalies and normative La/Yb ratios intermediate to those of the Pacific and those of terrigenous input. Chert from the SHL region is dominated by the large terrigenous input on the Antarctic passive margin, with inherited Ce/Ce* ~1 and inherited normative La/Yb values of ~1.2-1.4. Ce/Ce* does not vary with age, either throughout the entire data base or within a particular basin. Overall, Ce/Ce* does not correlate with P2O5 concentrations, even though phosphatic phases may be an important REE carrier.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -0.696337 * Median Longitude: 20.106115 * South-bound Latitude: -63.949800 * West-bound Longitude: -163.030924 * North-bound Latitude: 43.927000 * East-bound Longitude: 159.796000
Date/Time Start: 1968-10-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-06-12T15:30:00
Event(s):
2-8A * Latitude: 35.383300 * Longitude: -67.553300 * Date/Time: 1968-10-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5184.0 m * Penetration: 314.2 m * Recovery: 3.2 m * Location: North Atlantic/CONT RISE * Campaign: Leg2 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 5 cores; 341.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 0.9 % recovery
7-67A * Latitude: 24.376000 * Longitude: -157.648000 * Date/Time: 1969-09-28T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4484.0 m * Penetration: 60.5 m * Recovery: 1.6 m * Location: North Pacific * Campaign: Leg7 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 2 cores; 9.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 16.8 % recovery
8-70B * Latitude: 6.334700 * Longitude: -140.362000 * Date/Time: 1969-10-23T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5059.0 m * Penetration: 388 m * Recovery: 3.8 m * Location: North Pacific/BASIN * Campaign: Leg8 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 4 cores; 5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 76 % recovery
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  1. Murray, RW; Buchholtz ten Brink, MR; Gerlach, DC et al. (1992): (Table 1-2) Sample summary and major element contents in DSDP and ODP cherts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.700862
  2. Murray, RW; Buchholtz ten Brink, MR; Gerlach, DC et al. (1992): (Table 3) Rare earth and trace element contents in DSDP and ODP cherts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.700863