Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Publication Date

12-8-1977

Abstract

Thirty-eight samples of Indian Ocean subaqueous basalt and andesite recovered by the Deep-Sea Drilling Program (DSDP) were analyzed by the following methods: (1) standard petrographic analysis, (2) electron microprobe analysis of major minerals, (3) bulk-rock analyses for major, minor, and trace elements, including eight rare earth elements (REE), and (4) determination of 87Sr/86Sr by mass spectroscopy. A varied suite of basement igneous rocks was studied, including (1) abyssal tholeiites, (2) ferrobasalts, (3) oceanic andesites, (4) transitional basalts (high-Al basalts), and (5) trachybasalts.

Degree Name

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Klaus Keil

Second Committee Member

Douglas Gridley Brookins

Third Committee Member

Albert Masakiyo Kudo

Fourth Committee Member

Jonathan Ferris Callender

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

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