Oxygen and sulfur isotopes of peridotite and gabbro from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Main Authors: Alt, Jeffrey C, Shanks, Wayne C, Paulick, Holger, Garrido, Carlos J, Beaudoin, Georges
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• Subjects: 209-1268A; 209-1270A; 209-1270B; 209-1270C; 209-1270D; 209-1271A; 209-1271B; 209-1272A; 209-1274A; 209-1275B; 209-1275D; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg209; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.734345; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734345

Whole rock sulfur and oxygen isotope compositions of altered peridotites and gabbros from near the 15°20'N Fracture Zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were analyzed to investigate hydrothermal alteration processes and test for a subsurface biosphere in oceanic basement. Three processes are identifi...