Hein, James R; Yeh, Hsueh-Wen (1983): δ¹⁸O, lithologies, mineralogy and determination of temperature and depth of formation of DSDP Site 69-504 siliceous rocks [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816325, Supplement to: Hein, JR; Yeh, H-W (1983): Oxygen-isotope composition of secondary silica phases, Costa Rica Rift, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 69. In: Cann, JR; Langseth, MG; Honnorez, J; Von Herzen, RP; White, SM; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 69, 423-429, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.69.117.1983
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Abstract:
Seven opal-CT-rich and five quartz-rich porcellanites and cherts from Site 504 have a range in oxygen-isotope values of 24.4 and 29.4 per mil. In opal-CT rocks, d18O becomes larger with sub-bottom depth and with age. Quartz-rich rocks do not show these trends. Boron, in general, increases with decreasing d18O for porcellanites and cherts considered together, supporting the conclusion that boron is incorporated within the quartz crystal structure during precipitation of the SiO2. Silicification of the chalks at Site 504 began 1 m.y. ago - that is, 5 m.y. after sedimentation commenced on the oceanic crust. Temperatures of chert formation determined from oxygen-isotope compositions reflect diagenetic temperatures rather than bottom-water temperatures, and are comparable to temperatures of formation determined by down-hole measurements. Opal-A in the chalks began conversion to opal-CT when a temperature of 50°C was reached in the sediment column. Conversion of opal-CT to quartz started at 55 °C. Silicification occurred over a stratigraphic thickness of about 10 meters when the temperature at the top of the 10 meters reached about 50°C. It took about 250,000 years to complete the silica transformation within each 10-meter interval of sediment at Site 504. Quartz formed over a stratigraphic range of at least 30 meters, at temperatures of about 54 to 60°C. The time and temperatures of silicification of Site 504 rocks are more like those at continental margins than those in deep-sea, open-ocean deposits.
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Median Latitude: 1.226853 * Median Longitude: -83.731347 * South-bound Latitude: 1.226300 * West-bound Longitude: -83.732500 * North-bound Latitude: 1.227200 * East-bound Longitude: -83.730200
Date/Time Start: 1979-09-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1979-10-07T00:00:00
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69-504 * Latitude: 1.226300 * Longitude: -83.732200 * Date/Time: 1979-09-20T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3460.0 m * Penetration: 237 m * Recovery: 10 m * Campaign: Leg69 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL)
69-504A * Latitude: 1.226800 * Longitude: -83.732500 * Date/Time: 1979-09-24T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3458.0 m * Penetration: 277 m * Recovery: 207 m * Campaign: Leg69 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL)
69-504B * Latitude: 1.227200 * Longitude: -83.730200 * Date/Time: 1979-10-07T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3460.0 m * Penetration: 489 m * Recovery: 262 m * Campaign: Leg69 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL)
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- Hein, JR; Yeh, H-W (1983): (Table 1) δ¹⁸O, lithologies, and mineralogy of DSDP Site 69-504 silicified rocks. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816323
- Hein, JR; Yeh, H-W (1983): (Table 2) Determination of temperature and depth of formation of DSDP Site 69-504 siliceous rocks. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816324