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Zeolite Distribution in Volcaniclastic Deep-sea Sediments from the Tonga Trench Margin (SW Pacific)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Frédéric Vitali ,
Gérard Blanc  and
Philippe Larqué
Frédéric Vitali
Affiliation:
Centre de Géochimie de la Surface, CNRS UPR n°6251, Institut de Géologie Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France
Gérard Blanc
Affiliation:
Centre de Géochimie de la Surface, CNRS UPR n°6251, Institut de Géologie Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France
Philippe Larqué
Affiliation:
Centre de Géochimie de la Surface, CNRS UPR n°6251, Institut de Géologie Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France
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605 m of sediments were cored in Hole 841 of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) at the Tonga Trench margin. The sedimentary sequence consists mainly of Miocene vitric siltstones, vitric sandstones, and volcanic conglomerates. A major consideration for selecting this site was the presence of abundant authigenic minerals (40% to 70% of the whole rock), which consist of K-feldspars, clays, thaumasite (Ca3Si(OH)6CO3SO4, 12H2O), and zeolites. The zeolite minerals include phillipsite, clinoptilolite, analcime, mordenite, chabazite, heulandite, wairakite, and erionite. The increasing amount of analcime from 257 mbsf to 470 mbsf, and the joint occurrence of mordenite and wairakite in this zone of Miocene tufts, seems to be induced by the heat flow from a major intrusive sequence of basaltic andesite sills and dikes. This abundance of analcime in response to the thermal pulse could explain the unusual Na-depleted porewater compositions observed in ODP Hole 841.

Keywords

AnalcimeMiocene tuffsMordenitePore-waterThermal pulseTonga Trench marginWairakiteZeolite distribution
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 92 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © 1995, The Clay Minerals Society

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