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Martin, Jonathan B (1994): Geochemistry of pore fluids from ODP Leg 134 sites [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.787353, Supplement to: Martin, JB (1994): Diagenesis and hydrology at the New Hebrides Forearc and intra-arc Aoba Basin. In: Green, HG; Collot, J-Y; Stokking, LB; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 134, 109-130, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.134.008.1994

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Abstract:
Depending on the temperature and the extent of diagenetic alteration of fluid chemistry, fluid flow at convergent margins may transfer important quantities of heat and mass between the crust and seawater, thereby influencing global mass, isotopic and heat budgets. In the North Aoba Basin, an intra-arc basin located at the New Hebrides Island Arc, alteration of volcanic ash to clay minerals and zeolites forms a CaCl2 brine, perhaps in less than 1 to 3 m.y. The brine results from an exchange of Ca for Na, K, and Mg, and an increase in Cl concentrations to a maximum of 1241 mM. The Cl increase is partly due to the transfer of H2O from the pore fluid into authigenic minerals, but water mass balances, d18O-Cl correlations, and Br/Cl ratios suggest that there is a source of Cl in the sediments. Concentration profiles indicate that Li is transferred from the fluid to solid phase at depths <300 meters below seafloor (mbsf), but at greater depths it is transferred from the solid to fluid phase, at temperatures possibly as low as 25°C.
In the accretionary wedge extensive fluid flow appears to be confined to highly faulted regions. Although Cl concentrations less than seawater value are common at convergent margins, the New Hebrides margin contains little low-Cl fluid. Br/Cl ratios suggest the low-Cl fluid is from dilution, and d18O values indicate the water may be derived from mineral dehydration and mixing with meteoric water. The New Hebrides margin exhibits few surface manifestations of venting (e.g., sulfide-oxidizing benthic biological communities, carbonate crusts, mud volcanoes) and thus fluid fluxes may be smaller than at many other margins.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
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Median Latitude: -15.131937 * Median Longitude: 167.076219 * South-bound Latitude: -16.009000 * West-bound Longitude: 166.284000 * North-bound Latitude: -14.796000 * East-bound Longitude: 167.880000
Date/Time Start: 1990-10-20T20:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1990-12-14T00:30:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Martin, JB (1994): (Table 4) Major mineral composition of bulk sediment of ODP Leg 134 sites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.787352
  2. Martin, JB (1994): (Table 1) Pore fluid solute concentrations for ODP Leg 134 sites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.787348
  3. Martin, JB (1994): (Table 2) Stable isotope ratios of pore fluid of ODP Leg 134 sites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.787350
  4. Martin, JB (1994): (Table 3) Strontium isotope ratios of dissolved Sr from ODP Leg 134 sites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.787351