Geochemistry of ocean floor and forearc serpentinites ...

• Main Authors: Kodolányi, János, Pettke, Thomas, Spandler, Carl, Kamber, Balz S, Gméling, Katalin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: Drilling/drill rig; Leg84; Leg147; Leg173; Leg195; Leg209; Leg210; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Deep Sea Drilling Project DSDP; Ocean Drilling Program ODP; Hess; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.779555; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.779555

We provide new insights into the geochemistry of serpentinites from mid-ocean ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Hess Deep), passive margins (Iberia Abyssal Plain and Newfoundland) and fore-arcs (Mariana and Guatemala) based on bulk-rock and in situ mineral major and trace element compositional data collected on drill cores from the Deep Sea Drilling Project and Ocean Drilling Program. These data are important for constraining the serpentinite-hosted trace element inventory of subduction zones. Bulk serpentinites show up to several orders of magnitude enrichments in Cl, B, Sr, U, Sb, Pb, Rb, Cs and Li relative to elements of similar compatibility during mantle melting, which correspond to the highest primitive mantle-normalized B/Nb, B/Th, U/Th, Sb/Ce, Sr/Nd and Li/Y among subducted lithologies of the oceanic lithosphere (serpentinites, sediments and altered igneous oceanic crust). Among the elements showing relative enrichment, Cl and B are by far the most abundant with bulk concentrations mostly above 1000 ... : Supplement to: Kodolányi, János; Pettke, Thomas; Spandler, Carl; Kamber, Balz S; Gméling, Katalin (2012): Geochemistry of ocean floor and fore-arc serpentinites: Constraints on the ultramafic input to subduction zones. Journal of Petrology, 53(2), 235-270 ...