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A description of sediment cores from the Arabian Sea

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Title A description of sediment cores from the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Setty, M.G.A.P.
 
Subject Geology and Geophysics
Sediments
Sediment Distribution
Plankton
Zooplankton
Sediment Texture
ISW, Arabian Sea
 
Description This study describes in detail the lithologic character of five sediment cores from the Arabian Sea (shelf, slope, and basins) and summarizes the distribution and occurrence of their characteristic lithofacies and biofacies in schematic stratigraphic columns. Core no. 1 from the slope is composed of fine-grained, limy marl with oolites and a mixed fauna which incldues in situ and slumped outer shelf material. Core no. 2 is mainly a pelagic ooze with intercalations of turbidites and oolites derived from the outer shelf/slope region. Although the last three cores are all from an offshore, outer neritic, low-energy environment, core no. 3 has sapropelitic sediment which probably developed within a "closed basin" with a highly reducing environment; core no. 4 has oolitic layers with intercalations of clayey material and contains few fossils; and core no. 5 is characterized by two distinct lithologies, a definite stratigraphic break and a moderate concentration of fossils
 
Date 1994-02-23T09:56:33Z
2017-09-29T13:47:17Z
1994-02-23T09:56:33Z
2017-09-29T13:47:17Z
1972
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Proceedings of Twenty-fourth International Geological Congress, Canada, Canada; 1972.; 1972; 109-119
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5802
 
Language en
 
Relation 24th International Geological Congress, Canada; 1972
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