Pickering, Kevin T; Stow, Dorrik A V (1986): Inorganic major, minor, and trace element geochemistry and clay mineralogy of sediments from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96, Gulf of Mexico [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788212, Supplement to: Pickering, KT; Stow, DAV (1986): Inorganic major, minor, and trace element geochemistry and clay mineralogy of sediments from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96, Gulf of Mexico. In: Bouma, AH; Coleman, JM; Meyer, AW; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 96, 733-739, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.96.144.1986
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Abstract:
Sediment samples collected at DSDP Leg 96 Mississippi Fan Sites 615, 616, 620, 621, and 623, Orca Basin Site 618, and Pigmy Basin Site 619 were analyzed for 22 major, minor, and trace elements. This study was undertaken to document the downhole variability in inorganic geochemistry between sites. The mineralogy of the clays, including those from Sites 614, 617, and 622 on the fan, was determined by X-ray diffraction to define the principal clay minerals present at the sites, examine any downhole trends in clay mineralogy, and aid in the interpretation of the geochemical signature of the sediments. Clay mineral composition at all the sites is smectite:illite:chlorite:kaolinite in the approximate percentage ratio 50:20:20:10. Geochemical results indicate only slight variation between and within the sites, with the exception of a discrete unit of carbonates that occurs near the bottom of Site 615. Variation in the major, minor, and trace element composition can be explained by a change in the relative abundance of quartz, clay minerals, and carbonates.
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Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
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Median Latitude: 26.126561 * Median Longitude: -87.944643 * South-bound Latitude: 25.068000 * West-bound Longitude: -91.409000 * North-bound Latitude: 27.193500 * East-bound Longitude: -85.992200
Date/Time Start: 1983-10-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-11-01T00:00:00
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- Pickering, KT; Stow, DAV (1986): (Table 2) Clay fraction composition in DSDP Leg 96 holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788209
- Pickering, KT; Stow, DAV (1986): (Table 1) Major inorganic oxides and trace elements in DSDP Leg 96 holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788208