Mineralogy at DSDP Site 82-558 and Hole 82-563

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Main Authors: Latouche, Claude, Maillet, Noelle
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author Latouche, Claude
Maillet, Noelle
author_facet Latouche, Claude
Maillet, Noelle
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Downhole bulk-sample and clay-mineral analytical results for Sites 558 and 563 are presented in this chapter. These results show a Tertiary climatic and hydrologic evolution similar to that at other DSDP drill sites in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean (Sites 398, 403-406, 548-550, 552-555). The sediments recovered at both sites are primarily calcareous and chalky oozes characterized by >90% carbonate and minor quartz and plagioclase feldspar. Clay minerals smectite, kaolinite, illite, and chlorite are present throughout the cores; upsection, illite increases at the expense of smectite. The clay mineralogy suggests climatic cooling and increased ocean circulation during the Miocene. Intervals rich in very fine grained (<2 µm) quartz suggest times of increased eolian input. This could have resulted from development, during Oligocene and late Miocene time, of an arid, desertlike sediment provenance that lasted until the present day.
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spellingShingle Mineralogy at DSDP Site 82-558 and Hole 82-563
Latouche, Claude
Maillet, Noelle
Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP
Downhole bulk-sample and clay-mineral analytical results for Sites 558 and 563 are presented in this chapter. These results show a Tertiary climatic and hydrologic evolution similar to that at other DSDP drill sites in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean (Sites 398, 403-406, 548-550, 552-555). The sediments recovered at both sites are primarily calcareous and chalky oozes characterized by >90% carbonate and minor quartz and plagioclase feldspar. Clay minerals smectite, kaolinite, illite, and chlorite are present throughout the cores; upsection, illite increases at the expense of smectite. The clay mineralogy suggests climatic cooling and increased ocean circulation during the Miocene. Intervals rich in very fine grained (<2 µm) quartz suggest times of increased eolian input. This could have resulted from development, during Oligocene and late Miocene time, of an arid, desertlike sediment provenance that lasted until the present day.
title Mineralogy at DSDP Site 82-558 and Hole 82-563
topic Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806524