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Relationship between chemical composition and magnetic susceptibility in sediment cores from Central Indian Ocean Basin

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Title Relationship between chemical composition and magnetic susceptibility in sediment cores from Central Indian Ocean Basin
 
Creator Pattan, J.N.
Parthiban, G.
Banakar, V.K.
Tomer, A.
Kulkarni, M.
 
Subject Central Indian Ocean Basin
sediment cores
magnetic susceptibility
elemental concentration
Fe-rich smectite
micronodules
 
Description Three sediment cores in a north–south transect (3 degrees N to 13 degrees S) from different sediment types of the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) are studied to understand the possible relationship between magnetic susceptibility (Chi) and Al, Fe, Ti and Mn concentrations. The calcareous ooze core exhibit lowest Chi (12.32 x 10 sup(-7) m sup(3) kg sup(-1)), Al (2.84%), Fe (1.63%) and Ti (0.14%), terrigenous clay core with moderate Chi (29.93 x 10 sup(-7) m sup(3) kg sup(-1)) but highest Al (6.84%), Fe (5.20%) and Ti (0.44%), and siliceous ooze core with highest Chi (38.06 x 10 sup(-7) m sup(3) kg sup(-1)) but moderate Al (4.49%), Fe (2.80%) and Ti (0.19%) contents. The distribution of Chi and detrital proxy elements (Al, Fe, and Ti) are identical in both calcareous and siliceous ooze. Interestingly, in terrigenous core, the behaviour of Chi is identical to only Ti content but not with Al and Fe suggesting possibility of Al and Fe having a non detrital source. The occurrence of phillipsite in terrigenous clay is evident by the Al-K scatter plot where trend line intersects K axis at more than 50% of total K suggesting excess K in the form of phillipsite. Therefore, the presence of phillipsite might be responsible for negative correlation between ÷ and Al (r = -0.52). In siliceous ooze the strong positive correlations among Chi, Al sub (exc) and Fe sub (exc) suggest the presence of authigenic Fe-rich smectite. High Mn content (0.5%) probably in the form of manganese micronodules is also contributing to Chi in both calcareous and siliceous ooze but not in the terrigenous core where mean Mn content (0.1%) is similar to crustal abundance. Thus, Chi systematically records the terrigenous variation in both the biogenic sediments but in terrigenous clay it indirectly suggests the presence of authigenic minerals.
 
Date 2008-04-17T11:22:46Z
2008-04-17T11:22:46Z
2008
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Earth System Science, vol.117(2); 113-119p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1053
 
Language en
 
Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences