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Drake, N E R; Rhodes, J M; Autio, Laurie K (1985): Geochemistry at DSDP Leg 82 Holes [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805800, Supplement to: Drake, NER et al. (1985): Geochemistry of basalts from Deep Sea Drilling Project Holes 556-564. In: Bougault, H; Cande, SC; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 83, 421-438, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.82.120.1985

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Abstract:
The nine holes (556-564) drilled during DSDP Leg 82 in a region west and southwest of the Azores Platform (Fig. 1) exhibit a wide variety of chemical compositions that indicate a complex petrogenetic history involving crystal fractionation, magma mixing, complex melting, and mantle heterogeneity. The major element chemistry of each hole except Hole 557 is typical of mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), whereas the trace element and rare earth element (REE) abundances and ratios are more variable, and show that both depleted Type I and enriched Type II basalts have been erupted in the region.
Hole 556 (30-34 Ma), located near a flow line through the Azores Triple Junction, contains typically depleted basalts, whereas Hole 557 (18 Ma), located near the same flow line but closer to the Azores Platform, is a highly enriched FeTi basalt, indicating that the Azores hot-spot anomaly has existed in its present configuration for at least 18 Ma, but less than 30-34 Ma.
Hole 558 (34-37 Ma), located near a flow line through the FAMOUS and Leg 37 sites, includes both Type I and II basalts. Although the differences in Zr/Nb and light REE/heavy REE ratios imply different mantle sources, the (La/Ce)ch (>1) and Nd isotopic ratios are almost the same, suggesting that the complex melting and pervasive, small-scale mantle heterogeneity may account for the variations in trace element and REE ratios observed in Hole 558 (and FAMOUS sites).
Farther south, Hole 559 (34-37 Ma), contains enriched Type II basalts, whereas Hole 561 (14-17 Ma), located further east near the same flow line, contains Type I and II basalts. In this case, the (La/Ce)ch and Nd isotopic ratios are different, indicating two distinct mantle sources. Again, the existence along the same flow line of two holes exhibiting such different chemistry suggests that mantle heterogeneity may exist on a more pervasive and transient smaller scale. (Hole 560 was not sampled for this study because the single basalt clast recovered was used for shipboard analysis.)
All of the remaining three holes (562, 563, 564), located along a flow line about 100 km south of the Hayes Fracture Zone (33°N), contain only depleted Type I basalts.
The contrast in chemical compositions suggests that the Hayes Fracture Zone may act as a "domain" boundary between an area of fairly homogeneous, depleted Type I basalts to the south (Holes 562-564) and a region of complex, highly variable basalts to the north near the Azores hot-spot anomaly (Holes 556-561).
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Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
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Median Latitude: 35.341624 * Median Longitude: -40.072299 * South-bound Latitude: 33.141500 * West-bound Longitude: -43.767300 * North-bound Latitude: 38.939700 * East-bound Longitude: -32.559700
Date/Time Start: 1981-09-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-10-28T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 1) Geochemistry at DSDP Holes 82-556 and 82-557. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805783
  2. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 2) Geochemistry at DSDP Hole 82-558. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805784
  3. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 3) Geochemistry at DSDP Hole 82-559. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805786
  4. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 4) Geochemistry at DSDP Hole 82-561. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805787
  5. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 5) Geochemistry at DSDP Hole 82-562. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805788
  6. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 6) Geochemistry at DSDP Hole 82-563. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805789
  7. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Appendix A -Table 7) Geochemistry at DSDP Hole 82-564. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805790
  8. Drake, NER; Rhodes, JM; Autio, LK (1985): (Table 1) Rare earth element and trace element abundances at DSDP Leg 82 Holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805782