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Saunders, Andrew D (1983): Geochemistry of DSDP Leg 65 basalts [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818054, Supplement to: Saunders, AD (1983): Geochemistry of basalts recovered from the Gulf of California during Leg 65 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. In: Lewis, BTR; Robinson, P; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 65, 591-621, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.65.128.1983

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Abstract:
Leg 65 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project successfully recovered basalts from four sites in the mouth of the Gulf of California, thus completing a transect begun during Leg 64 from the continental margin of Baja California to the east side of the East Pacific Rise (EPR). Sixty-three whole-rock samples from Sites 482, 483, and 485 have been analyzed by X-ray fluorescence techniques, and a further eleven samples by instrumental neutron-activation techniques, in order to assess magma variability within and between sites. Although the major element compositions and absolute hygromagmatophile (HYG) element abundances are quite variable, all of the basalts are subalkaline tholeiites exhibiting strong more-HYG element (e.g., Rb, La, Nb, Ta) depletion (LaN/YbN ~ 0.4; Nb/Zr ~ 0.02; Ba/Zr ~ 0.23; Th/Hf ~ 0.05). These ratios, together with La/Ta ratios of 20 and Th/Ta ratios of 1.25, demonstrate that the Leg 65 basalts resemble the depleted "N-type" ocean ridge basalts recovered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) at 22 °N and other sections of the EPR. Zr/Ti, Zr/Y, and La/Yb ratios increase with increasing fractionation. It is clear that the basalts recovered from Sites 482, 483, and 485 were all derived from a compositionally similar source and that the compositional differences observed between lithological units can be explained by varying degrees of open system fractional crystallization (magma mixing) in subridge magma chambers.
The basaltic rocks recovered from Site 474 near the margin of Baja California, and Sites 477, 478, and 481 in the Guaymas Basin, all drilled during Leg 64, have consistently higher Th/Hf, La/Sm, Zr/Ti, and Zr/Y ratios and higher absolute Sr contents than the Leg 65 basalts. While some of these variations may be explained by different conditions of partial melting, it is considered more likely that the mantle source underlying the Guaymas Basin is chemically distinct from that feeding the EPR at the mouth of the Gulf. These source variations probably reflect the complex tectonic setting of the Gulf of California, the magmas formed at the inception of spreading and in the central part of the Gulf containing a minor but significant component of sub-continental (calc-alkaline) material.
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Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
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Median Latitude: 22.431376 * Median Longitude: -106.085483 * South-bound Latitude: 0.593800 * West-bound Longitude: -111.507700 * North-bound Latitude: 27.253000 * East-bound Longitude: -46.081700
Date/Time Start: 1975-12-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1979-03-05T00:00:00
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  1. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 4) Geochemistry of DSDP Site 65-482 basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.262597
  2. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 2) Geochemistry of DSDP Hole 65-482B basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.262596
  3. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 3) Rare-earth element analyses of DSDP Site 65-482 basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.263396
  4. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 5) Geochemistry of DSDP Hole 65-483 basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.262600
  5. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 7) Rare-earth element analyses of DSDP Site 65-483 basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.263400
  6. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 6) Geochemistry of DSDP Hole 65-483B basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.262601
  7. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 8) Geochemistry of DSDP Hole 65-485A basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.262602
  8. Saunders, AD (2005): (Table 9) Rare-earth element analyses of DSDP Hole 65-485A basalts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.263402
  9. Saunders, AD (2013): (Table 11) Geochemistry of mafic igneous rocks from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818050