Trace element and Sr-isotopic contents of hydrothermal clays and sulfides from the Snake Pit hydrothermal field: ODP Site 649

K. M. Gillis, A. D. Smith, J. N. Ludden

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Abstract

Several meters of unconsolidated hydrothermal sediment were recovered from the Snake Pit hydrothermal field during ODP Leg 106. Polymetallic sulfides comprise most of the sediment with minor fragments of massive sulfide organic debris, clay minerals, and fresh glass shards. Trace element and Sr-isotopic contents of hydrothermal clays and sulfides from Holes 649B and 649G indicate that these minerals precipitated from a mixed hydrothermal fluid-seawater solution. Evaluation of the REE mineral data and the Snake Pit hydrothermal fluids indicates that hydrothermal fluids originating in the root-zone of the Snake Pit hydrothermal system may be modified by the precipitation of hydrothermal minerals, either in the shallow subsurface or within chimney structures. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Mid-Atlantic Ridge; covering Legs 106 and 109 of the cruises of the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, St. John, Newfoundland to Malaga, Spain, sites 648-649
PublisherOcean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University
Pages315-319
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1990

Publication series

NameODS Proceedings
Volume106/109
ISSN (Print)0884-5883
ISSN (Electronic)1096-7451

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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