Melguen, Marthe (1973): C14 Ages of sediment from the Rud Hilla delta area, Persian Gulf [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.736813, Supplement to: Melguen, M (1973): Correspondence analysis for recognition of facies in homogeneous sediments off an Iranian river mouth. In: Purser, B H; The Persian Gulf, Holocene carbonate sedimentation and diagenesis in a shallow epicontiental sea. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 99-113, hdl:10013/epic.34783.d001
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Abstract:
Six sediment cores from the submarine delta of the Rud Hilla River in the northern part of the Persian Gulf consist of fine grained,homogeneous Holocene marls. The coarse (> 63 ~) fraction varies from 0.3 - 3.5 %. The cores are 2 - 4 m long and were taken in water depths of 8 - 56 m. In spite of the great similarity and homogeneity of the cored sediments, correspondence analysis (an extension of factor analysis) of the coarse fraction reveals the presence of four distinctive sedimentary facies: (1) a minerogenic facies, 10 km from the estuary; (2) an ophiuroidostracod facies near a lateral margin of the delta, 12 - 15 km from the estuary, (3) a benthic foraminiferal-molluskan facies, in the central part of the delta 20 km from the estuary, and near its seaward margin 120 km from the estuary, (4) a gastropod-epibiotic facies, in an area of relatively slow sedimentation on the border of the delta, 90 km from the estuary. A seventh core, taken near the seaward margin of the delta of the Rud Hilla River, penetrated homogeneous, aragonite-rich mud of late Pleistocene age. Correspondence analysis of the sand fraction of the Pleistocene sediments leads to the definition of two facies that can be readily compared with the facies identified in the Holocene cores.
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Median Latitude: 28.341333 * Median Longitude: 50.858000 * South-bound Latitude: 28.113000 * West-bound Longitude: 50.666000 * North-bound Latitude: 28.545000 * East-bound Longitude: 51.008000
Date/Time Start: 1965-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1965-04-10T00:00:00
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GIK01115 (M1_306) * Latitude: 28.366000 * Longitude: 50.666000 * Date/Time: 1965-04-05T00:00:00 * Elevation: -56.0 m * Recovery: 1.8 m * Location: Persian Gulf * Campaign: M1 (IIOE - International Indian Ocean Expedition) * Basis: Meteor (1964) * Method/Device: Kasten corer (KAL)
GIK01160 (M1_345) * Latitude: 28.545000 * Longitude: 50.900000 * Date/Time: 1965-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -29.0 m * Recovery: 3.9 m * Location: Persian Gulf * Campaign: M1 (IIOE - International Indian Ocean Expedition) * Basis: Meteor (1964) * Method/Device: Kasten corer (KAL)
GIK01165 (M1_348 01165-A) * Latitude: 28.113000 * Longitude: 51.008000 * Date/Time: 1965-04-10T00:00:00 * Elevation: -46.0 m * Recovery: 3.3 m * Location: Persian Gulf * Campaign: M1 (IIOE - International Indian Ocean Expedition) * Basis: Meteor (1964) * Method/Device: Kasten corer (KAL)
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C14 ages of total sediment or of shells (determined by Dr. Geyh of the Laboratorium für Bodenforschung, Hannover).
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- Melguen, M (1973): Carbon14 ages of sediment core GIK1115 from the Rud Hilla delta area, Persian Gulf (Table 2). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.141133
- Melguen, M (1973): Carbon14 ages of sediment core GIK1160 from the Rud Hilla delta area, Persian Gulf (Table 2). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.141134
- Melguen, M (1973): Carbon14 ages of sediment core GIK1165 from the Rud Hilla delta area, Persian Gulf (Table 2). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.141135