<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A geochronological and geochemical study on 10 samples of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) from the inactive Peterburgskoye hydrothermal field at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) was carried out. The 230Th/U ages of the SMS are the oldest for the Quaternary hydrothermal ores ever found at the ocean floor. According to them the hydrothermal activity at Peterburgskoye field started at least 170 ka and continued down to 63 ka. The oldest hydrothermal ores from this field consist mainly of pyrite and chalcopyrite and have geochemical properties typical for SMS associated with basalts. </abstract>

A geochronological and geochemical study on 10 samples of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) from the inactive Peterburgskoye hydrothermal field at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) was carried out. The 230Th/U ages of the SMS are the oldest for the Quaternary hydrothermal ores ever found at the ocean floor. According to them the hydrothermal activity at Peterburgskoye field started at least 170 ka and continued down to 63 ka. The oldest hydrothermal ores from this field consist mainly of pyrite and chalcopyrite and have geochemical properties typical for SMS associated with basalts.

The oldest seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: 230Th/U chronology and composition

St. Petersburg State University, V.O., 10-th Line 33/35, 199178, St. Petersburg, Russia

Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean (VNIIOkeangeologia), Angliysky Prospect 1, 190121, St. Petersburg, Russia

Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition, Pobedy Str. 24, 198412 Lomonosov, St. Petersburg, Russia

Geochronometria

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The oldest seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Th/U chronology and composition

A geochronological and geochemical study on 10 samples of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) from the inactive Peterburgskoye hydrothermal field at the...

The oldest seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: ²³⁰Th/U chronology and composition

Online veröffentlicht: 22. Mai 2015

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Eingereicht: 25. März 2014

Akzeptiert: 01. Feb. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0009

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