Sato, Hiroshi (2004): Mineral compositions of MORB from the Australian Antarctic discordance (AAD); implications for mantle source characteristics

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 187
Identifier:
2005-011566
georefid

10.2973/odp.proc.sr.187.202.2004
doi

Creator:
Sato, Hiroshi
University of Tokyo, Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
author

Identification:
Mineral compositions of MORB from the Australian Antarctic discordance (AAD); implications for mantle source characteristics
2004
In: Pedersen, Rolf B., Christie, David M., Miller, D. Jay, Balzer, Vaughn G., Einaudi, Florence, Gee, M. A. Mary, Hauff, Folkmar, Kempton, Pamela D., Liang, Wen-Tzong, Lysnes, Kristine, Meyzen, Christine M., Pyle, Douglas G., Russo, Christopher J., Sato, Hiroshi, Thorseth, Ingunn H., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program; scientific results; mantle reservoirs and migration associated with Australian Antarctic rifting; covering Leg 187 of the cruises of the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution; Fremantle, Australia, to Fremantle, Australia, Sites 1152-1164; 16 November 1999-10 January 2000
Texas A&M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States
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The chemical compositions of olivine, plagioclase, pyroxene, and spinel in lavas collected during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 187 in the Australian Antarctic Discordance, Southeast Indian Ridge (41 degrees -46 degrees S, 126 degrees -135 degrees E) were analyzed, and modeling of the theoretical equilibrium petrogenetic conditions between olivine and melt was conducted. The cores of larger olivine phenocrysts, particularly in the isotopic Indian-type mid-ocean-ridge basalt (MORB), are not equilibrated with melt compositions and are considered to be xenocrystic. Larger plagioclase phenocrysts with compositionally reversed zonation are also xenocrystic. The compositions of primary magma were calculated using a "maximum olivine fractionation" model for primitive MORB that should fractionate only olivine. Olivine compositions equilibrated with calculated primary magma and compositions of calculated primary magma suggest that (1) isotopic Pacific-type MORB is more fractionated than Indian-type MORB, (2) Pacific-type MORB was produced by higher degrees of partial melting than Indian-type MORB, and (3) primary magma for Indian-type MORB was segregated from mantle at 10 kbar ( approximately 30 km depth), whereas that for Pacific-type MORB was segregated at 15 kbar ( approximately 45 km depth).
English
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:-41.1500
West:126.0000East: 135.0000
South:-46.0000

Igneous and metamorphic petrology; Australian-Antarctic discordance; basalts; chain silicates; feldspar group; framework silicates; genesis; geochemistry; igneous rocks; Indian Ocean; Leg 187; magmas; mantle; Mid-Indian Ridge; mid-ocean ridge basalts; mineral composition; nesosilicates; Ocean Drilling Program; olivine; olivine group; orthosilicates; partial melting; phenocrysts; plagioclase; pyroxene group; silicates; Southeast Indian Ridge; volcanic rocks; whole rock; xenocrysts;

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