Debrabant, Pierre; Krissek, Lawrence A; Bouquillon, Anne; Chamley, Hervè (1991): Characteristics of light and dark alternations in Owen Ridge sediments (Appendix) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.756770, Supplement to: Debrabant, P et al. (1991): Clay mineralogy of Neogene sediments of the western Arabian Sea: mineral abundances and paleoenvironmental implications. In: Prell, WL; Niitsuma, N; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 117, 183-196, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.117.137.1991
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Abstract:
Clay mineral relative abundances in approximately 450 samples from cores recovered during ODP Leg 117 in the Arabian Sea have been used to examine the paleoclimatic, paleoenvironmental, and tectonic histories of the Indus Fan, Owen Ridge, Oman margin, and adjacent continental source regions. Geographic variations in the relative abundances of minerals and correlations with depositional processes support previous interpretations that smectite has been supplied from weathering of the Deccan Traps; illite and chlorite have been supplied either from the Himalayas via marine transport or from the Iran-Makran region by winds; and palygorskite has been supplied from the Arabian peninsula and Somalia by winds.
Pleistocene sediments of the Indus Fan record two modes of deposition: turbidites supplied from the Indus drainage and dominated by illite and chlorite, and pelagic carbonates containing smectites and wind-transported palygorskite. Local and regional causes for shifts between these depositional processes cannot be demonstrated conclusively with the data available, but sea-level fluctuations probably exerted a significant control on the rate of turbidite influx. Lower Miocene sediments on the Owen Ridge are also turbidites supplied by the Indus drainage; in the middle Miocene, a shift to pelagic carbonates records the uplift of the Owen Ridge, and is accompanied by the increased relative importance of wind-transported palygorskite. Associations of palygorskite and biosiliceous components in middle to upper Miocene sediments are interpreted to record vigorous monsoonal circulation and accompanying upwelling-produced biological productivity. Mineralogic and geochemical data indicate that light/dark color alternations in upper Miocene sediments on the Owen Ridge record climatic fluctuations, but the climatic significance of similar alternations in Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments is unclear. Palygorskite is the dominant clay on the Oman margin, reflecting proximity to its source areas. On the Oman margin, clay mineral relative abundances are most variable at structurally complex sites, indicating that local depositional settings have been influenced by their tectonic histories since the Miocene.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 16.649800 * Median Longitude: 59.829900 * South-bound Latitude: 16.621800 * West-bound Longitude: 59.795300 * North-bound Latitude: 16.677800 * East-bound Longitude: 59.864500
Date/Time Start: 1987-09-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-09-13T10:15:00
Minimum Elevation: -2034.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -1948.0 m
Event(s):
117-721A * Latitude: 16.677800 * Longitude: 59.864500 * Date/Time Start: 1987-09-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-09-03T23:30:00 * Elevation: -1952.0 m * Penetration: 86.4 m * Recovery: 89.28 m * Location: Arabian Sea * Campaign: Leg117 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 9 cores; 86.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 103.3 % recovery
117-721B * Latitude: 16.677800 * Longitude: 59.864500 * Date/Time Start: 1987-09-03T23:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-09-06T01:45:00 * Elevation: -1948.0 m * Penetration: 424.2 m * Recovery: 342.78 m * Location: Arabian Sea * Campaign: Leg117 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 44 cores; 424.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 80.8 % recovery
117-722A * Latitude: 16.621800 * Longitude: 59.795300 * Date/Time Start: 1987-09-07T02:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-09-08T12:00:00 * Elevation: -2034.0 m * Penetration: 280 m * Recovery: 225.98 m * Location: Arabian Sea * Campaign: Leg117 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 29 cores; 280 m cored; 0 m drilled; 80.7 % recovery
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Debrabant, Pierre | DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation | ||
| 3 | Epoch | Epoch | Debrabant, Pierre | X-ray diffraction (XRD) | ||
| 4 | Color description | Color desc | Debrabant, Pierre | X-ray diffraction (XRD) | ||
| 5 | Chlorite-Illite | Chl-Ill | % | Debrabant, Pierre | ||
| 6 | Palygorskite | Plg | % | Debrabant, Pierre | ||
| 7 | Carbon, organic, total | TOC | % | Debrabant, Pierre | ||
| 8 | Sulfur, total | TS | % | Debrabant, Pierre | ||
| 9 | Calcium carbonate | CaCO3 | % | Debrabant, Pierre | ||
| 10 | Silicon dioxid/Aluminium oxid ratio | SiO2/Al2O3 | Debrabant, Pierre |
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