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Johnson, Lynn E (1992): Geochemistry of mafic clasts of ODP Holes 125-778A and 125-779A [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.770610, Supplement to: Johnson, LE (1992): Mafic clasts in serpentinite seamounts: petrology and geochemistry of a diverse crustal suite from the outer Mariana Forearc. In: Fryer, P; Pearce, JA; Stokking, LB; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 125, 401-413, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.125.130.1992

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Abstract:
Clasts of metamorphosed mafic igneous rock of diverse composition were recovered in two drill sites on a serpentine mud volcano in the outer Mariana forearc during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 125. These clasts are xenolithic fragments that have been entrained in the rising serpentine mud, and make up less that 9% of the total rock recovered at Sites 778 and 779. Most samples are metabasalt or metadiabase, although one clast of possible boninite and one cumulate gabbro were recovered.
On the basis of trace element signatures, samples are interpreted to represent both arc-derived and mid-ocean ridge-derived compositions. Rocks with extremely low TiO2 (<0.3 wt%) and Zr (<30 ppm) are similar to boninite series rocks. Samples with low TiO2 (<0.9 wt%) and Zr (<50 ppm) and extreme potassium enrichment (K2O/Na2O >3.9) may represent island arc rocks similar to shoshonites. However, the K2O/Na2O ratios are much higher than those reported for shoshonites from modem or ancient arcs and may be the result of metamorphism. Samples with moderate TiO2 (1.4 to 1.5 wt%) and Zr (72 to 85 ppm) are similar to rocks from mid-ocean ridges. A few samples have TiO2 and Zr intermediate between island arc and mid-ocean ridge basalt-like rocks. Two samples have high iron (Fe2O3* = >12.8 to 18.5 wt%) (Fe2O3* = total iron calculated as Fe2O3) and TiO2 (>2.3 wt%) and resemble FeTi basalt recovered from mid-ocean ridges. Metamorphism in most samples ranges from low-temperature zeolite, typical of ocean floor weathering, to prehnite-pumpellyite facies and perhaps lower greenschist. Blue amphibole and lawsonite minerals are present in several samples. One diabase clast (Sample 9) exhibits Ca enrichment, similar to rodingite metamorphism, typical of mafic blocks in serpentinized masses. The presence of both low-grade (clays and zeolites) and higher grade (lawsonite) metamorphism indicates retrograde processes in these clasts.
These clasts are fragments of the forearc crust and possibly of the subducting plate that have been entrained in the rising serpentine and may represent the deepest mafic rocks ever recovered from the Mariana forearc. The variable compositions and degree of metamorphism of these clasts requires at least two tectonic origins. The recovery of clasts with mid-ocean ridge and arc chemical affinities in a single drill hole requires these clasts to have been "mixed" on a small scale either (1) in the forearc crustal sequence, or (2) after inclusion in the rising serpentine mud. The source of the MORB-like samples and an explanation for the presence of both MORB-like and arc-like rocks in close proximity is critical to any model of the evolution of the Mariana forearc. The source of the MORB-like samples likely will be one (or more) of the following: (1) accretion of Pacific plate lithosphere, (2) remnants of original forearc crust (trapped plate), (3) volcanism in the supra-subduction zone (arc or forearc) environment, or (4) derivation from the subducting slab by faulting along the dÈcollement.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 21.410817 * Median Longitude: 145.861333 * South-bound Latitude: 19.499000 * West-bound Longitude: 141.738000 * North-bound Latitude: 30.964300 * East-bound Longitude: 146.696000
Date/Time Start: 1986-03-26T10:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-03-31T10:00:00
Event(s):
125-778A * Latitude: 19.499000 * Longitude: 146.666000 * Date/Time Start: 1989-02-22T06:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-02-24T19:25:00 * Elevation: -3924.0 m * Penetration: 107.6 m * Recovery: 22.8 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg125 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 13 cores; 107.6 m cored; 0 m drilled; 21.2 % recovery
125-779A * Latitude: 19.512500 * Longitude: 146.696000 * Date/Time Start: 1989-02-28T10:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-03-04T03:00:00 * Elevation: -3958.0 m * Penetration: 317.2 m * Recovery: 73.24 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg125 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 37 cores; 317.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 23.1 % recovery
125-783A * Latitude: 30.964300 * Longitude: 141.788000 * Date/Time Start: 1989-03-24T05:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-03-26T10:30:00 * Elevation: -4660.0 m * Penetration: 168.2 m * Recovery: 46.95 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg125 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 18 cores; 168.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 27.9 % recovery
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  1. Johnson, LE (1992): (Table 2) Major and trace element concentrations for mafic clasts from ODP Holes 125-778A and 125-779A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.770607
  2. Johnson, LE (1992): (Table 3) Rare earth element concentrations and selected chondrite-normalized ratios for mafic clasts from ODP Holes 125-778A and 125-779A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.770609
  3. Johnson, LE (1992): (Table 1) Petrographic descriptions of mafic clasts of ODP Leg 125 samples. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.770606