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Greenough, John D; Fryer, Brian J (1990): Noble metal abundances in ODP Leg 115 basalts (Table 1) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.755695, Supplement to: Greenough, JD; Fryer, BJ (1990): Distribution of gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium in Leg 115 hotspot basalts: implications for magmatic processes. In: Duncan, RA; Backmann, J; Peterson, LC; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 115, 71-84, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.115.128.1990

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Published: 1990 (exact date unknown)DOI registered: 2011-02-11

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Abstract:
A comparison of 50 basalts recovered at Sites 706, 707, 713, and 715 along the Reunion hotspot trace during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 115 in the Indian Ocean shows that seafloor alteration had little effect on noble metal concentrations (Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru, and Ir), determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), which generally tend to decrease with magma evolution. Their compatible-element behavior may be related to the precipitation of Ir-Os-based alloys, chromite, sulfides, and/or olivine and clinopyroxene in some combination. The simplest explanation indicates silicate control of concentrations during differentiation.
Basalts from the different sites show varying degrees of alkalinity. Noble metal abundances tend to increase with decreasing basalt alkalinity (i.e., with increasing percentages of mantle melting), indicating that the metals behave as compatible elements during mantle melting. The retention of low-melting-point Au, Pd, and Rh in mantle sulfides, which mostly dissolve before significant proportions of Ir-Os-based alloys melt, explains increasing Pd/Ir ratios with decreasing alkalinity (increasing melting percentages) in oceanic basalts. High noble metal concentrations in Indian Ocean basalts (weighted averages of Au, Pd, Rh, Pt, Ru, and Ir in Leg 115 basalts are 3.2, 8.1, 0.31, 7.3, 0.22, and 0.11 ppb, respectively), compared with basalts from some other ocean basins, may reflect fundamental primary variations in upper- mantle noble metal abundances
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -6.576960 * Median Longitude: 65.796860 * South-bound Latitude: -13.114000 * West-bound Longitude: 59.016800 * North-bound Latitude: 5.081500 * East-bound Longitude: 73.831300
Date/Time Start: 1987-05-22T23:15:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-06-28T07:45:00
Minimum Elevation: -2920.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -1552.0 m
Event(s):
115-706A  * Latitude: -13.114000 * Longitude: 61.371000 * Date/Time Start: 1987-05-22T23:15:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-05-23T08:00:00 * Elevation: -2517.0 m * Penetration: 47.5 m * Recovery: 39.28 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg115 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 6 cores; 47.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 82.7 % recovery
115-706C  * Latitude: -13.114000 * Longitude: 61.371000 * Date/Time Start: 1987-05-24T03:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-05-26T00:45:00 * Elevation: -2518.0 m * Penetration: 121.7 m * Recovery: 19.72 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg115 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 8 cores; 77.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 25.5 % recovery
115-707C  * Latitude: -7.545300 * Longitude: 59.016800 * Date/Time Start: 1987-05-29T10:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-06-02T03:30:00 * Elevation: -1552.0 m * Penetration: 443.2 m * Recovery: 91.56 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg115 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 27 cores; 259.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 35.3 % recovery
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEvent
Sample code/labelSample labelGreenough, John DDSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation
Lithologic unit/sequenceUnitGreenough, John D
GoldAung/kgGreenough, John D
PalladiumPdng/kgGreenough, John D
RhodiumRhng/kgGreenough, John D
PlatinumPtng/kgGreenough, John D
RutheniumRung/kgGreenough, John D
IridiumIrng/kgGreenough, John D
Size:
390 data points

Data

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Event

Sample label

Unit

Au [ng/kg]

Pd [ng/kg]

Rh [ng/kg]

Pt [ng/kg]

Ru [ng/kg]

Ir [ng/kg]
115-706A 115-706A-6H-CC,21-23706-E700120080900190130
115-706C 115-706C-2R-2,74-77706-E55099080130080120
115-706C115-706C-2R-2,142-146706-E67081070102070110
115-706C115-706C-3R-1,83-85706-E5801010509405070
115-706C115-706C-3R-2,45-47706-E490750901040100120
115-706C115-706C-4R-1,78-80706-E61011407018300120
115-706C115-706C-4R-2,116-119706-E680940801120140
115-706C115-706C-5R-2,52-56706-E700710405906090
115-706C115-706C-5R-2,135-137706-E8601860120247090
115-706C115-706C-5R-3,59-62706-E4701030110109060120
115-706C115-706C-6R-1,45-50706-E59026050181020100
115-706C115-706C-6R-2,17-19706-E4901200901160080
115-706C115-706C-8R-1,32-35706-E20190502090140140
115-706C115-706C-8R-1,67-77706-E260802034016070
115-706C115-706C-8R-2,44-48706-E56028005204070
115-706C115-706C-8R-2,125-128706-E36019050210400140
115-706C115-706C-8R-3,45-48706-E42087010056040100
115-706C115-706C-9R-1,13-16706-P2930318012024101170260
115-706C115-706C-9R-1,23-29706-P29804270902610030
115-706C115-706C-9R-2,36-39706-P14809305084010040
115-707C 115-707C-22R-1,94-98707-P308010660380298038010
115-707C115-707C-22R-2,40-42707-P38801689051032204100
115-707C115-707C-23R-1,123-127707-P260012370450412020040
115-707C115-707C-23R-4,32-34707-P455017180480448039030
115-707C115-707C-25R-1,39-43707-E673015360500460021080
115-707C115-707C-26R-2,126-128707-E4810225406204640250110
115-707C115-707C-28R-4,133-136707-E791017130490534019030
115-713A 115-713A-13R-1,63-69713-P5500135505109310200230
115-713A115-713A-15R-4,7-13713-P3600104504007500100150
115-713A115-713A-15R-4,143-146713-E23302670280431080140
115-713A115-713A-15R-5,90-94713-E380097303507850110150
115-713A115-713C-19R-1,27-29713-P3800130805009210120210
115-713A115-713A-19R-3,12-15713-P393065703107100340250
115-713A115-713A-20R-3,51-54713-P376012310580976060240
115-713A115-713A-20R-3,112-115713-P360010500560959080220
115-713A115-713A-20R-3,137-139713-P35701797046021550100210
115-713A115-713A-20R-5,127-130713-P3310132007808670220220
115-713A115-713A-21R-3,55-59713-P47401317058013020220280
115-715A 115-715A-23R-3,91-95715-UE40022004083109030
115-715A115-715A-24R-2,30-38715-UE200266020121702020
115-715A115-715A-25R-3,25-34715-UP6060882036028550430410
115-715A115-715A-25R-6,38-47715-UP140801317039032060450260
115-715A115-715A-29R-1,33-38715-UP600843033020410380150
115-715A115-715A-29R-1,113-119715-LE37407010280254014020
115-715A115-715A-29R-2,42-48715-LP1780165307007790220200
115-715A115-715A-30R-1,52-61715-LP134036703105260200120
115-715A115-715A-30R-3,41-51715-LP89028203603210250130
115-715A115-715A-30R-6,0-9715-LP178047702804950280150
115-715A115-715A-31R-2,89-94715-LP54053902404300250120