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Major and trace element geochemistry of Bay of Bengal sediments: Implications to provenances and their controlling factors

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Title Major and trace element geochemistry of Bay of Bengal sediments: Implications to provenances and their controlling factors
 
Creator Tripathy, G.R.
Singh, S.K.
Ramaswamy, V.
 
Subject sediment chemistry
geochemical surveys
provenance
trace elements
sediment gravity flows
isotopes
radiometric dating
temporal variations
 
Description Major and trace elements of sediments from a ~ 13-m long piston core (SK187/PC33) from the western Bay of Bengal have been investigated in this study to infer about the changes in provenances and related controlling factors during the last glacial–interglacial period. Factor analysis of these geochemical dataset ascertains dominant role of riverine supply of sediments in regulating the geochemistry of SK187/PC33 sediments. The Al-normalized major (K and Ti) and trace elemental (Cu and Cr) ratios of these marine sediments fall within the ranges observed for their major provenances, viz. sediments from the Ganga, Brahmaputra and the Godavari–Krishna (GK) rivers and depth profiles of these ratios showed significant variations with synchronous excursion at around the last glacial maxima (LGM), implying a change in their provenances with relatively reduced Himalayan contribution during this climatic event. Inverse model calculation of Al-normalized elemental ratios of the sediments estimated an average sediment contribution of 66 ± 13% and 34 ± 13% from the Himalayan and the peninsular Indian rivers to the core site respectively. Consistent with the depth profiles of elemental ratios, the estimated sediment contributions from the Himalayan rivers are observed to decrease by ~ 30% from the Himalayan rivers, particularly that of the Ganga, to the studied location during the LGM. Lowering of sediment supply from the Himalaya (Ganga) during the LGM is due to weakening of south-west monsoon and reduction in available exposure area for weathering due to extent of glacier cover. Outcomes of this study underscore the strong linkage between erosion and climate
 
Date 2014-03-05T10:47:22Z
2014-03-05T10:47:22Z
2014
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol.397; 2014; 20-30
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4476
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2013] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier