Ultrasonic borehole televiewer investigation of oceanic crustal layer 2A, Costa Rice Rift
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By: Mark D. Zoback and R.N. Anderson
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Abstract
In situ lithostratigraphy and the distribution of fracture and void zones in oceanic layer 2A were examined with an ultrasonic borehole televiewer at IPOD sites 501 and 504B on the south flank of the Costa Rice Rift. These records indicate a decrease in the size of basalt pillows with depth and a corresponding increase in fracture and void density. The observed increase in P-wave velocity with depth in this hole, as layer 2A merges into 2B, is best explained by an increase in the degree to which clays and zeolites fill fractures and voids. This also explains the order-of-magnitude drop in permeability observed in hole 504B. An increase in alteration-filling with age could explain the transition from convective to conductive heat flow and the correlative disappearance of layer 2A on the flanks of oceanic spreading centres. ?? 1982 Nature Publishing Group.
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Zoback, M.D., Anderson, R., 1982, Ultrasonic borehole televiewer investigation of oceanic crustal layer 2A, Costa Rice Rift: Nature, v. 295, no. 5848, p. 375-379, https://doi.org/10.1038/295375a0.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Ultrasonic borehole televiewer investigation of oceanic crustal layer 2A, Costa Rice Rift |
| Series title | Nature |
| DOI | 10.1038/295375a0 |
| Volume | 295 |
| Issue | 5848 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nature |
| First page | 375 |
| Last page | 379 |