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Main Authors: Broglia, Christina, Schreiber, Charlotte, Cita, Maria Bianca, Mazaud, Alain, Dove, Roy
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 1990
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.745855
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author Broglia, Christina
Schreiber, Charlotte
Cita, Maria Bianca
Mazaud, Alain
Dove, Roy
author_facet Broglia, Christina
Schreiber, Charlotte
Cita, Maria Bianca
Mazaud, Alain
Dove, Roy
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The upper Miocene sedimentary sequence of Site 652, located on the lower continental margin of eastern Sardinia, was cored and logged during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 107. Geophysical and geochemical logs from the interval 170-365 m below seafloor (mbsf), as well as various core measurements (CaCO3, grain size, X-ray diffraction), provide a mineralogical-geochemical picture that is interpreted in the framework of the climatic and tectonic evolution of the western Tyrrhenian. The results indicate the presence of short- and long-term mineralogical variations. Short-term variations are represented by calcium-carbonate fluctuations in which the amount of CaCO3 is correlated to the grain size of the sediments; coarser sediments are associated with high carbonate content and abundant detrital material. Long-term variation corresponds to a gross grain-size change in the upper part of the sequence, where predominantly fine-grained sediments may indicate a gradual deepening of the lacustrine basin towards the Pliocene. Regional climatic changes and rift-related tectonism are possible causes of this variability in the sedimentation patterns. The clay association is characterized by chlorite, illite, and smectite as dominant minerals, as well as mixed-layers clays, kaolinite, and palygorskite. Chlorite, mixed-layers clays, and illite increase at the expense of smectite below the pebble zone (335 mbsf). This is indicative of diagenetic processes related to the high geothermal gradient and to the chemistry of the evaporative pore waters, rather than to changes in the depositional environment.
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spellingShingle Grain size distribution and clay mineralogy of upper Miocene sediments of ODP Hole 107-652A
Broglia, Christina
Schreiber, Charlotte
Cita, Maria Bianca
Mazaud, Alain
Dove, Roy
107-652A; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg107; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Tirreno Sea
The upper Miocene sedimentary sequence of Site 652, located on the lower continental margin of eastern Sardinia, was cored and logged during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 107. Geophysical and geochemical logs from the interval 170-365 m below seafloor (mbsf), as well as various core measurements (CaCO3, grain size, X-ray diffraction), provide a mineralogical-geochemical picture that is interpreted in the framework of the climatic and tectonic evolution of the western Tyrrhenian. The results indicate the presence of short- and long-term mineralogical variations. Short-term variations are represented by calcium-carbonate fluctuations in which the amount of CaCO3 is correlated to the grain size of the sediments; coarser sediments are associated with high carbonate content and abundant detrital material. Long-term variation corresponds to a gross grain-size change in the upper part of the sequence, where predominantly fine-grained sediments may indicate a gradual deepening of the lacustrine basin towards the Pliocene. Regional climatic changes and rift-related tectonism are possible causes of this variability in the sedimentation patterns. The clay association is characterized by chlorite, illite, and smectite as dominant minerals, as well as mixed-layers clays, kaolinite, and palygorskite. Chlorite, mixed-layers clays, and illite increase at the expense of smectite below the pebble zone (335 mbsf). This is indicative of diagenetic processes related to the high geothermal gradient and to the chemistry of the evaporative pore waters, rather than to changes in the depositional environment.
title Grain size distribution and clay mineralogy of upper Miocene sediments of ODP Hole 107-652A
topic 107-652A; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg107; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Tirreno Sea
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.745855