31. STRONGLY DEPLETED THOLEIITES FROM THE ROCKALL PLATEAU MARGIN, NORTH ATLANTIC: GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY1

• Main Authors: J. L. Joron, Centre National, Pexploitation Oceans, H. Bougault, Centre Océanologique De Bretagne, R. C. Maury, Université De Bretagne Occidentale, M. Bohn, A. Desprairies, Université De Paris-sud
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Rockall Plateau; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.560.728; http://www.deepseadrilling.org/81/volume/dsdp81_31.pdf

The Leg 81 basalts, drilled either from the margins ("dipping reflectors " sequence: Holes 552, 553A, and 554A) or from the "continental " side (Hole 555) of the Rockall Plateau microcontinent, are strongly light rare-earth element (LREE) depleted oceanic tholeiites. The basalts...