Proc. IODP, 320/321, Data report: volcanic glass shards from the Eocene–Oligocene transition interval at Site U1333

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Chapter contents Abstract Introduction Samples and methods Results and discussions Conclusions Acknowledgments References Figure F1. Glass shards and magnetic susceptibility. Tables T1. Abundance of glass shards. T2. Major element composition of glass shards. PDF file			Previous \| Next doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.211.2013 Data report: volcanic glass shards from the Eocene–Oligocene transition interval at Site U1333¹ Junichiro Kuroda² and Thomas Westerhold³ Abstract We separated volcanic glasses from the Eocene–Oligocene transition interval at Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1333, drilled during Expedition 320. Among 23 sediment samples we found five samples that contain volcanic glasses: one from Eocene radiolarian ooze and the others from Oligocene calcareous ooze. Glass shards were separated by handpicking from coarse sediment fractions (>75 μm in size), which are composed mainly of microfossil fragments (radiolarians and foraminifers). Volcanic glasses from these five samples are dominated by clear silicic glass shards 80–300 μm in size, but we cannot find other minerals such as quartz and feldspars or shards of brownish glass of dacitic composition. The glass shards are classified into three types based on their morphology: (1) flat to weakly concave (concoidal) shards without junctions (plate-type), (2) shards forming elongated fibrous to tubular vesicle walls (tube-type), and (3) fragments of globular bubbles (balloon-type). Electron microprobe analyses of 181 glass shards from interval 320-U1333C-14H-6W, 92–94 cm, revealed that the glass shards have uniform rhyolitic compositions relatively rich in alkaline elements (Na and K) but depleted in Fe, Mg, and Ca. These results suggest that the origin of these glass shards was explosive silicic volcanos with either a single source or a mixture of multiple sources with similar compositions. The five samples that contain volcanic glasses suggest episodic explosive volcanic eruptions at this time. Given the rhyolitic compositions and proximity of Site U1333 to Central America, we regard Central American arc volcanism as the most likely source of the glass shards found at Site U1333. ¹ Kuroda, J., and Westerhold, T., 2013. Data report: volcanic glass shards from the Eocene–Oligocene transition interval at Site U1333. In Pälike, H., Lyle, M., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 320/321: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.211.2013 ² Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan. kurodaj@jamstec.go.jp ³ MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany. Initial receipt: 28 June 2012 Acceptance: 17 October 2012 Publication: 18 January 2013 MS 320321-211 Top of page \| Previous \| Next