The origin of carbonates in impact melt‐bearing breccias from Site M0077 at the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico
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Abstract
Abstract Carbonates from the impact melt‐bearing breccia in the 2016 IODP/ICDP Expedition 364 drill core at Site M0077 were systematically documented and characterized petrographically and geochemically. Calcite, the only carbonate mineral present, is abundant throughout this deposit as five distinct varieties: (1) subangular carbonate clasts (Type A); (2) subround/irregular carbonate clasts with clay altered rims (Type B); (3) fine‐crystalline matrix calcite (Type C); (4) void‐filling sparry calcite (Type D); and (5) microcrystalline carbonate with flow textures (Type E). Quantitative geochemical analysis shows that calcite in all carbonate varieties are low in elemental impurities (<2.0 cumulative wt% on average); however, relative concentrations of MgO and MnO vary, which provides distinction between each variety: MgO is highest in calcite from Types A, B, and C carbonates (0.2–0.8 wt% on average); MnO is highest in calcite from Types B, C, and D carbonates (0.2–1.3 wt% on average); and calcite from Type E carbonate is most pure (<0.1 wt% on average MgO and MnO, cumulatively). Based on textural and geochemical variations between carbonate types, we interpret that some of the carbonate target rocks melted during impact and were immiscible within the silicate‐dominated melt sheet prior to the resurgence of seawater. Type B clasts were formed by molten fuel–coolant interaction, as the incoming seawater eroded through the melt sheet and encountered carbonate melt (Type E). Post‐impact meteoric‐dominated hydrothermal activity produced the Mn‐elevated calcite from Type C and D carbonates, and altered the Type B clasts to be elevated in Mn and host a clay‐rich rim.
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