Role of siliceous fossil dissolution in downcore variations of grain size and water content: Western margin of Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone, NE equatorial Pacific
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Title
- Role of siliceous fossil dissolution in downcore variations of grain size and water content: Western margin of Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone, NE equatorial Pacific
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Author(s)
- Jung, HS; Jeong, KS; Chu, YS; Park, SH; Kim, KH
- KIOST Author(s)
- Jung, Hoi Soo(정회수)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 정회수; 정갑식; 추용식; 박숭현; 김기현
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Publication Year
- 2001-07
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Abstract
- Grain size and water content in box-core sediments from the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone (C-C zone) in the northeast equatorial Pacific were analyzed in detail to understand the downcore variations across a hiatus between Quaternary and Tertiary layers. Grain-size distributions in the topmost core sediments show two modes: a coarse mode (peaked at 50 mum) and a fine mode (at 2-25 mum). The coarse mode disappears gradually with depth accompanied by the dissolution of siliceous fossil tests, whereas the fine mode coarsens due to the formation of authigenic minerals. Water content increases abruptly across a color boundary between an upper pale brown layer and a lower dark brown layer that is the hiatus between Quaternary and Tertiary layers. Abundant smectites and microvoid molds, which are created by the prolonged fossil dissolution in the underlying sediment, are attributed for the abrupt downcore variation of water content. Overall variations in grain size and water content in the topmost core sediments in the western C-C zone are possibly constrained by the dissolution of biogenic siliceous fossils. Variations in geotechnical properties related to these changes must be considered in the design of nodule collectors.
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ISSN
- 1064-119X
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/5879
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Bibliographic Citation
- MARINE GEORESOURCES & GEOTECHNOLOGY, v.19, no.3, pp.181 - 195, 2001
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Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
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Keywords
- fossil dissolution; equatorial Pacific; manganese nodules; collector design; water content; grain size
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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