Kimball, Karen L; Evans, Cynthia A (1988): Chemistry of minerals of ODP Hole 103-637A peridotites [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743572, Supplement to: Kimball, KL; Evans, CA (1988): Hydrothermal alteration of peridotite from the Galicia margin, Iberian Peninsula. In: Boillot, G; Winterer, EL; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 103, 241-251, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.103.140.1988
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Abstract:
The Galicia margin lies northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and is a passive ocean margin with thin sedimentary cover. Altered peridotite was recovered from ODP Site 637, on the north-trending ridge at the western edge of the margin, near the oceanic/continental crust boundary.
The altered ultramafics were originally clinopyroxene-rich upper mantle harzburgites and are now extensively serpentinized (>85%) and cut by very late-stage carbonate veins. Despite pervasive late, low-temperature alteration, evidence of early, high-temperature alteration remains. Alteration is apparent as (1) amphibole rims on clinopyroxene (>800°C), (2) hornblende + tremolite (450° to 800°C), (3) breakdown of hornblende to form tremolite + chlorite (<450°C), (4) zoned Cr-spinels, (5) hydration of orthopyroxene and olivine to serpentine, (6) serpentine veins, (7) replacement of pyroxene and olivine by calcite, and (8) calcite veins and vugs.
Both the relict igneous and the high-temperature alteration minerals (amphiboles) show evidence of brittle deformation. Subsequent low-temperature alteration veins and minerals are deformed only in faulted and brecciated zones. This textural evidence suggests that the low-temperature alteration occurred after emplacement of the ultramafics at the surface. Serpentine fills tension fractures in orthopyroxene, and both serpentine and calcite fill tension cracks in olivine.
The high-temperature alterations in these samples are similar to those found in oceanic fracture zone and ophiolite ultramafics. This widespread occurrence of high-temperature alteration suggests that hot fluids were pervasive in these ultramafic blocks.
Localization of high-temperature alteration close to large carbonate veins suggests channelization of the late, low-temperature fluids. Earlier hydrations (e.g., high-temperature alterations and serpentinization) were pervasive.
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Latitude: 42.088300 * Longitude: -12.863300
Date/Time Start: 1985-04-28T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1985-05-04T21:00:00
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103-637A * Latitude: 42.088300 * Longitude: -12.863300 * Date/Time Start: 1985-04-28T18:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1985-05-04T21:00:00 * Elevation: -5321.0 m * Penetration: 285.6 m * Recovery: 116.31 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg103 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 30 cores; 285.6 m cored; 0 m drilled; 40.7 % recovery
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- Kimball, KL; Evans, CA (1988): (Table 2) Representative analyses of amphibole of ODP Hole 103-637A peridotites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743570
- Kimball, KL; Evans, CA (1988): (Table 3) Representative analyses of serpentine and chlorite of ODP Hole 103-637A peridotites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743571
- Kimball, KL; Evans, CA (1988): (Table 1) Representative analyses of spinel of ODP Hole 103-637A peridotites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743569