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Bitschene, Peter Rene; Mehl, Klaus Wilhelm; Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (1992): Geochemistry of marin ash layers and epiclastic rocks from the Kerguelen Plateau [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757287, Supplement to: Bitschene, PR et al. (1992): Composition and origin of marine ash layers and epiclastic rocks from the Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean (Legs 119 and 120). In: Wise, SW; Schlich, R; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 120, 135-149, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.120.132.1992

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Abstract:
Epiclastic volcanogenic rocks recovered from the Kerguelen Plateau during Ocean Drilling Program Legs 119 and 120 comprise (pre-)Cenomanian(?) claystones (52 m thick, Site 750); a Turonian(?) basaltic pebble conglomerate (1.2 m thick, Site 748; Danian mass flows (45 m thick, Site 747); and volcanogenic debris flows of Quaternary age at Site 736 (clastic apron of Kerguelen Island). Pyroclastic rocks comprise numerous Oligocene to Quaternary marine ash layers.
The epiclastic sediments with transitional mid-ocean-ridge basalt (T-MORB) origin indicate weathering (Site 750) and erosion (Site 747) of Early Cretaceous T-MORB from a then-emergent Kerguelen Plateau, connected to Late Cretaceous tectonic events. The basal pebble conglomerate of Site 748 has an oceanic-island basalt (OIB) composition and denotes erosion and reworking of seamount to oceanic-island-type volcanic sources.
The vitric- to crystal-rich marine ash layers are a few centimeters thick, have rather uniform grain sizes around 60 ± 40 µm, and are a result of Plinian eruptions. Crystal-poor silicic vitric ashes may also represent co-ignimbrite ashes. The ash layers have bimodal, basaltic, and silicic compositions with a few intermediate shards. The basaltic ashes are evolved high-titanium T-MORB; a few grains in a silicic pumice lapilli layer have a low-titanium basaltic composition. The silicic ashes comprise trachytic and rhyolitic glass shards belonging to a high-K series, except for a few low-K glasses admixed to a basaltic ash layer.
Feldspar and clinopyroxene compositions fit the glass chemistry: high-Ti tholeiite-basaltic glasses have Plagioclase of An40-80 and pigeonite to augite clinopyroxene compositions. Silicic ashes have K-rich anorthoclase and minor Plagioclase around An20 and ferriaugitic to hedenbergitic clinopyroxene compositions. The line of magmatic evolution for the glass shards is not compatible with simple two-end member (high-Ti T-MORB and high-K rhyolite) mixing, but favors successive Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxene, Ti magnetite, and apatite fractionation, and K-rich alkali feldspar fractionation in trachytic magmas to yield rhyolitic compositions. Plagioclase fractionation occurs throughout. This qualitative model is in basic accordance with the observed mineral assemblage. However, as the time span for explosive volcanism spans >30 m.y., this basic model cannot comply with fractional crystallization in a single magma reservoir.
The ash layers resulted from highly explosive eruptions on Kerguelen and, with less probability, Heard islands since the Oligocene. The explosive history starts with widespread Oligocene basaltic ash layers that indicate sea-level or subaerial volcanism on the Northern Kerguelen Plateau. After a hiatus of 24 m.y.(?), explosive magmatic activity was vigorously renewed in the late Miocene with more silicic eruptions. A peak in explosive activity is inferred for the Pliocene-Pleistocene.
The composition and evolution of Kerguelen Plateau ash layers resemble those from other hotspot-induced, oceanic-island realms such as Iceland and Jan Mayen in the North Atlantic, and the Canary Islands archipelago in the Central Atlantic.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -54.980778 * Median Longitude: 78.238922 * South-bound Latitude: -62.709000 * West-bound Longitude: 71.661500 * North-bound Latitude: -49.403000 * East-bound Longitude: 85.854200
Date/Time Start: 1987-12-26T02:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-04-23T04:00:00
Event(s):
119-736A * Latitude: -49.403000 * Longitude: 71.661500 * Date/Time Start: 1987-12-26T02:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-28T04:30:00 * Elevation: -640.0 m * Penetration: 252.3 m * Recovery: 147.05 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 30 cores; 250.3 m cored; 0 m drilled; 58.7 % recovery
119-736C * Latitude: -49.403000 * Longitude: 71.661500 * Date/Time Start: 1987-12-28T19:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-29T16:30:00 * Elevation: -640.0 m * Penetration: 371 m * Recovery: 77.31 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 17 cores; 164.1 m cored; 0 m drilled; 47.1 % recovery
119-737A * Latitude: -50.228000 * Longitude: 73.032400 * Date/Time Start: 1987-12-30T04:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-31T17:15:00 * Elevation: -575.0 m * Penetration: 273.2 m * Recovery: 181.64 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 29 cores; 273.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 66.5 % recovery
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  1. Bitschene, PR; Mehl, KW; Schmincke, H-U (1992): (Table 4) Major element concentrations of clinopyroxene from Kerguelen Plateau tephra layers. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757282
  2. Bitschene, PR; Mehl, KW; Schmincke, H-U (1992): (Table 6) Major element concentrations of fresh glasses from Kerguelen Plateau tephra layers. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757285
  3. Bitschene, PR; Mehl, KW; Schmincke, H-U (1992): (Table 3) Major element concentrations of plagioclase from Kerguelen Plateau tephra layers. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757281
  4. Bitschene, PR; Mehl, KW; Schmincke, H-U (1991): (Table 5) Major element concentrations of zeolithes from Kerguelen Plateau tephra layers. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757283
  5. Bitschene, PR; Mehl, KW; Schmincke, H-U (1992): (Table 2) Major and trace element concentrations of samples from ODP Holes 119-738C, 120-750B and 120-748C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757280
  6. Bitschene, PR; Mehl, KW; Schmincke, H-U (1992): (Table 1) Interval, type, composition, and approximate age of the volcaniclastic sediments oF ODP Leg 119 and 120. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.757274