The cooling history and the depth of detachment faulting at the Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex

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作者
Schoolmeesters, Nicole [1 ]
Cheadle, Michael J. [1 ]
John, Barbara E. [1 ]
Reiners, Peter W. [2 ]
Gee, Jeffrey [3 ]
Grimes, Craig B. [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wyoming, Dept Geol & Geophys, Dep 3006, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Dept Geosci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[4] Ohio Univ, Dept Geosci, Athens, OH 45701 USA
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GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS | 2012年 / 13卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Atlantis Massif; oceanic core complex; oceanic detachment fault; zircon; TI-IN-ZIRCON; TAG HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY; FRACTURE-ZONE; HE DIFFUSION; MICROEARTHQUAKE CHARACTERISTICS; MEDIAN VALLEY; EVOLUTION; SYSTEMS;
D O I
10.1029/2012GC004314
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Oceanic core complexes (OCCs) are domal exposures of oceanic crust and mantle interpreted to be denuded to the seafloor by large slip oceanic detachment faults. We combine previously reported U-Pb zircon crystallization ages with (U-Th)/He zircon thermochronometry and multicomponent magnetic remanence data to determine the cooling history of the footwall to the Atlantis Massif OCC (30 degrees N, MAR) and help establish cooling rates, as well as depths of detachment faulting and gabbro emplacement. We present nine new (U-Th)/He zircon ages for samples from IODP Hole U1309D ranging from 40 to 1415 m below seafloor. These data paired with U-Pb zircon ages and magnetic remanence data constrain cooling rates of gabbroic rocks from the upper 800 m of the central dome at Atlantis Massif as 2895 (+1276/-1162) degrees C Myr(-1) (from similar to 780 degrees C to similar to 250 degrees C); the lower 600 m of the borehole cooled more slowly at mean rates of similar to 500 (+125/-102) degrees C Myr(-1) (from similar to 780 degrees C to present-day temperatures). Rocks from the uppermost part of the hole also reveal a brief period of slow cooling at rates of similar to 300 degrees C Myr(-1), possibly due to hydrothermal circulation to similar to 4 km depth through the detachment fault zone. Assuming a fault slip rate of 20 mm/yr (from U-Pb zircon ages of surface samples) and a rolling hinge model for the sub-surface fault geometry, we predict that the 780 degrees C isotherm lies at similar to 7 km below the axial valley floor, likely corresponding both to the depth at which the semi-brittle detachment fault roots and the probable upper limit of significant gabbro emplacement.
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