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Tokuyama, Hidekazu; Batiza, Rodey (1981): Chemical composition of igneous rocks and origin of the sill and pillow-basalt complex at DSDP Site 61-462 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819919, Supplement to: Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): Chemical composition of igneous rocks and origin of the sill and pillow-basalt complex of Nauru Basin, Southwest Pacific. In: Larson, RL; Schlanger, SO; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 61, 673-687, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.61.125.1981

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Abstract:
The sill and pillow complex cored on Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 61 (Site 462) is divided into two groups, A and B types, on the basis of chemical composition and volcanostratigraphy. The A-type basalt is characterized by a higher FeO*/MgO ratio and abundant TiO2, whereas the B-type basalt is characterized by a lower FeO*/MgO ratio and scarcity of TiO2. The A type is composed of sills interbedded with hyaloclastic sediments, and the B type consists of basalt sills and pillow basalt with minor amounts of sediment. However, the structure of pillow basalts in the B type is atypical; they might be eruptive. From paleontological study of the interbedded sediments and radiometric age determination of the basalt, the volcanic event of A type is assumed to be Cenomanian to Aptian, and that of B type somewhat older. The oceanic crust in the Nauru Basin was assumed to be Oxfordian, based on the Mesozoic magnetic anomaly. Consequently, two events of intraplate volcanism are recognized. It is thus assumed that the sill-pillow complex did not come from a normal oceanic ridge, and that normal oceanic basement could therefore underlie the complex.
The Site 462 basalts are quartz-normative, and strongly hypersthene-normative, and have a higher FeO*/MgO ratio and lower TiO2 content. Olivine from the Nauru Basin basalts has a lower Mg/(Mg + Fe**2+) ratio (0.83-0.84) and coexists with spinel of lower Mg/(Mg + Fe**2+) ratio when compared to olivine-spinel pairs from mid-ocean ridge (MAR) basalt. The glass of spinel-bearing basalts has a higher FeO*/(FeO* + MgO) ratio (0.58-0.60) than that of MAR (<0.575). Therefore, the Nauru Basin basalts are chemically and mineralogically distinct from ocean-ridge tholeiite. That the Nauru Basin basalts are quartz-normative and strongly hypersthene-normative and have a lower TiO2 content suggests that the basaltic liquids of Site 462 were generated at shallower depths (<5 kbar) than ocean-ridge tholeiite: Site 462 basalts are similar to basalts from the Manihiki Plateau and the Ontong-Java Plateau, but different from Hawaiian tholeiite of hot-spot type, with lower K2O and TiO2 content. We propose a new type of basalt, ocean-plateau tholeiite, a product of intraplate volcanism.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 7.240650 * Median Longitude: 165.031400 * South-bound Latitude: 7.237500 * West-bound Longitude: 165.030500 * North-bound Latitude: 7.241700 * East-bound Longitude: 165.031700
Date/Time Start: 1978-05-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-06-09T00:00:00
Event(s):
61-462 * Latitude: 7.237500 * Longitude: 165.030500 * Date/Time: 1978-05-28T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5181.0 m * Penetration: 617 m * Recovery: 386 m * Campaign: Leg61 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 70 cores; 627.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 61.5 % recovery
61-462A * Latitude: 7.241700 * Longitude: 165.031700 * Date/Time: 1978-06-09T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5177.0 m * Penetration: 1068.5 m * Recovery: 344 m * Campaign: Leg61 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 90 cores; 619.5 m cored; 14.5 m drilled; 55.5 % recovery
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  1. Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): (Table 3) Chemical composition of spinel at DSDP Hole 61-462. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819913
  2. Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): (Table 1) Chemical composition and CIPW norms of basalts at DSDP Site 61-462. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819911
  3. Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): (Table 2) Chemical composition and CIPW norms of glass at DSDP Hole 61-462A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819912
  4. Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): (Table 4) Chemical composition of olivine at DSDP Hole 61-462A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819915
  5. Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): (Table 6) Chemical composition of plagioclase at DSDP Hole 61-462A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819918
  6. Tokuyama, H; Batiza, R (1981): (Table 5) Chemical composition of pyroxene at DSDP Hole 61-462A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819916