Table T8. Composition of pore water from three serpentine seamounts vs. seawater.
 
Seamount:
Conical*
South Chamorro*
Torishima Forearc†
Seawater‡
ODP Site:
780
1200
783, 784
Analyte (mmol/kg):


Chloride 270 ± 20 510 ± 5 550 ± 5 542
Sulfate 46 ± 1 28 ± 1 9 ± 3 28.0
Alkalinity 50 ± 10 60 ± 5 1 ± 0.4 2.3
pH 12.5 ± 0.1 12.5 ± 0.1 9.6 ± 0.4 8.1
Na 390 ± 10 610 ± 10 470 ± 20 466
Na/Cl (molar) 1.4 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.04 0.859
K 15 ± 0.5 19 ± 1 5 ± 1 10.1
Mg 0.01 ± 0.007 <0.01 1 ± 1 52.4
Ca 1 ± 0.5 0.3 ± 0.1 55 ± 5 10.2
CH4 2 ± 1 2 ± 1
0
Analyte (µmol/kg):


CH4

2 ± 1 0
Sr 20 ± 10 10 ± 2 200 ± 50 90
Ba 0.2 ± 0.1 0.4? 1.6 ± 0.7 0.14
Li 1 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 0.1 16 ± 5 26
B 3900 ± 100 3200 ± 200 180 ± 80 410
Si 30 ± 20 70 ± 20 10 ± 8 190
Mn <0.1 0.01 0.4 ± 0.2 0
Fe 2 ± 1 2 ± 0.5 1 ± 0.9 0
Phosphate 0.3 ± 0.3 0.2? Not determined 2.8
NH3 250 ± 20 220 ± 10 140 ± 20 0
HS- <250 <250 0 0
C2H6 7 2 0 0
C1/C2 270 780

Notes: * = deep upwelling fluid from an active mud volcano (Conical Seamount data from Mottl, 1992; South Chamorro Seamount data from this study). † = product of harzburgite-seawater reaction within an inactive mud volcano (Mottl, 1992). ‡ = estimated composition of local bottom water. ? = error not known.