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Aoki, Saburo; Kohyama, Norihiko; Ishizuka, Toshio (1991): Sedimentary history and chemical characteristics of clay minerals from the Bengal Fan [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759871, Supplement to: Aoki, S et al. (1991): Sedimentary history and chemical characteristics of clay minerals in cores from the distal part of the Bengal Fan (ODP 116). Marine Geology, 99(1-2), 175-185, https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(91)90090-Q

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Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to clarify the sedimentary history and chemical characteristics of clay minerals found in sediments deposited in the distal part of the Bengal Fan since the Himalayas were uplifted 17 m.y. ago. A total of seventy-eight samples were collected from three drilled cores which were to be used for the clay mineral analyses by means of XRD and ATEM. The results obtained from the analyses show that individual clay mineral species in the sediment samples at each site have similar features when the samples are of the same age, whereas these species have different features in samples of differing geological ages.
Detrital clay minerals such as illite and chlorite were deposited in greater amounts than kaolinite and smectite during the Early to Middle Miocene. This means that the Himalayan uplift was vigorous at least until the Middle Miocene. In the Pliocene chemical weathering was more prevalent so that instead, in the distal part of the Bengal Fan, kaolinite shows the highest concentrations. This would accord with weaker uplift in the Himalayas. In the Pleistocene period, vigorous Himalayan uplift is characterized by illite-rich sediment in place of kaolinite. In the Holocene, smectite shows the highest concentration in place of the illite and kaolinite which were the predominant clay minerals of the earlier periods. Increasing smectite concentration suggests the Himalayan uplift to have been stable after the Pleistocene period. The smectite analyzed here is found to be dioctahedral Fe-beidellite, and it originated largely from the augite-basalt on the Indian Deccan Traps. The tri-octahedral chlorite is subdivided into three sub-species, an Fe-type, a Mg-type and an intermediate type. The mica clay mineral can be identified as di-octahedral illite which is rich in potassium. The chemical composition and morphology of each clay mineral appears to exhibit no change with burial depth in the sedimentary columns. This implies that there was no systematic transformation of clay minerals with time.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -0.983100 * Median Longitude: 81.397950 * South-bound Latitude: -1.020900 * West-bound Longitude: 81.390100 * North-bound Latitude: -0.929800 * East-bound Longitude: 81.401100
Date/Time Start: 1987-07-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-08-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
116-717 * Latitude: -0.929800 * Longitude: 81.390100 * Date/Time: 1987-07-10T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4746.3 m * Penetration: 851.2 m * Recovery: 503.3 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg116 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 90 cores; 837.7 m cored; 0 m drilled; 60.1% recovery
116-718 * Latitude: -1.020900 * Longitude: 81.401100 * Date/Time: 1987-07-20T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4741.4 m * Penetration: 2005.6 m * Recovery: 302.8 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg116 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 105 cores; 992.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 30.5% recovery
116-719 * Latitude: -0.960800 * Longitude: 81.399500 * Date/Time: 1987-08-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4747.0 m * Penetration: 925.8 m * Recovery: 185.5 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg116 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 49 cores; 460.2 m cored; 465.6 m drilled; 40.3% recovery
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  1. Aoki, S; Kohyama, N; Ishizuka, T (1991): (Table 2a) Chemical composition of smectite in the samples from ODP Site 116-717. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759865
  2. Aoki, S; Kohyama, N; Ishizuka, T (1991): (Table 2b) Chemical composition of chlorite from ODP Site 116-718. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759867
  3. Aoki, S; Kohyama, N; Ishizuka, T (1991): (Table 2d) Chemical composition of kaolin from ODP Site 116-718. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759870
  4. Aoki, S; Kohyama, N; Ishizuka, T (1991): (Table 2c) Chemical composition of mica clay mineral from ODP Site 116-719. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759869