Data report: X-ray diffraction mineralogy of a volcanic sequence at Site U1513 (Naturaliste Plateau), IODP Expedition 369
- Author(s)
- Laurent Riquier, Eun Young Lee, Maria Luisa Garcia Tejada
- Abstract
International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 369 recovered a volcanic sequence (Lithostratigraphic Unit VI) at Site U1513 on the eastern Naturaliste Plateau, offshore southwest Australia. We report here the mineralogical composition of the 82.2 m thick volcanic sequence cored in Holes U1513D (24 samples) and U1513E (20 samples) based on X-ray diffraction analysis. The primary minerals preserved in basalt flows and dolerite dikes are plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, whereas the original olivines have been mostly transformed into secondary phases. Increasing alteration intensity is accompanied by higher amounts of clay minerals (chlorite, kaolinite, interstratified smectite-chlorite, and smectite), iron oxides (magnetite, hematite, and goethite), and likely other secondary minerals associated with serpentinization and sericitization processes. The fine-grained matrix of the volcaniclastic beds contains abundant clay minerals (mainly kaolinite) accompanied by intense hematization.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geology
- External organisation(s)
- Université Paris VI - Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Université Paris IV - Paris-Sorbonne, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- Volume
- 369
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.369.205.2021
- Publication date
- 2021
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105116 Mineralogy, 105120 Petrology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a470097a-d54c-468e-87fe-e5a33b236ea5