| Abstract: | Fresh submarine basalt glasses from Galapagos Ridge, FAMOUS area, Cayman Trough and Kilauea east rift contain 22 to 160 ppm carbon and 0.3 to 2.8 ppm nitrogen, respectively, as the sums of dissolved species and vesicle-filling gases (CO2 and N2). The large range of variation in carbon content is due to combined effect of depth-dependency of the solubility of carbon in basalt melt and varying extents of vapour loss during magma emplacement as well as in sample crushing. The isotopic ratios of indigenous carbon and nitrogen are in very narrow ranges,-6.2 ?? 0.2% relative to PDB and +0.2 ?? 0.6 %. relative to atmospheric nitrogen, respectively. In basalt samples from Juan de Fuca Ridge, however, isotopically light carbon (??13C = around -24%.) predominates over the indigenous carbon; no indigenous heavy carbon was found. Except for Galapagos Ridge samples, these ocean-floor basalts contain 670 to 1100 ppm sulfur, averaging 810 ppm, in the form of both sulfide and sulfate, whereas basalts from Galapagos Ridge are higher in both sulfur (1490 and 1570 ppm) and iron (11.08% total iron as FeO). The ??34S values average +0.3 ?? 0.5%. with average fractionation factor between sulfate and sulfide of +7.4 ?? 1.6%.. The sulfate/sulfide ratios tend to increase with increasing water content of basalt, probably because the oxygen fugacity increases with increasing water content in basalt melt. ?? 1984. |
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| Citation Author: | Sakai, H.; Marais, D. J. D.; Ueda, A.; Moore, J. G. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Concentrations and isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in ocean-floor basalts; 1984; Article; Journal; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Sakai, H.; Marais, D. J. D.; Ueda, A.; Moore, J. G. |
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| Citation Volume: | 48 |
| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | Concentrations and isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in ocean-floor basalts; 1984; Article; Journal; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Sakai, H.; Marais, D. J. D.; Ueda, A.; Moore, J. G. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00 -0600 |
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