Quantitative assessment of chemical and mineralogical changes due to progressive low-temperature alteration of East Pacific Rise basalts from 0 to 9 Ma

• Published in: Chemical geology Vol. 218; no. 3; pp. 281 - 313
• Main Authors: Schramm, Burkhard, Devey, Colin W., Gillis, Kathryn M., Lackschewitz, Klas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 25.05.2005
• Subjects: Clay minerals; East Pacific Rise; Low-temperature alteration; Mass change; Phillipsite; Secondary minerals; Clay minerals; East Pacific Rise; Phillipsite; Low-temperature alteration; Mass change; Secondary minerals

Many studies have focused on low-temperature alteration of the oceanic crust, nevertheless little is known about the initial processes of low-temperature alteration and their influence on the mineralogical and chemical composition of the oceanic crust once it leaves the spreading axis. The lack of s...