Provenance and dispersal of muds south of the Aleutian arc, north Pacific Ocean

Geo-Marine Letters - Tập 9 - Trang 67-75 - 1989
Michael B. Underwood1, Eric G. Hathon1
1Department of Geology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

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X-ray diffraction analyses show that the clay mineralogies of near-surface muds in the Gulf of Alaska (mostly illite and chlorite) are consistent with detrital sources in southern Alaska. Expandable clay minerals are derived from the Aleutian volcanic arc, and their percentages increase progressively toward the west. Smectite values are lower than expected, however, particularly in the central forearc, and there is less smectite on the insular trench slope than farther seaward. The regional clay-mineral distribution is controlled by two opposed contour currents and by the influx of suspended sediment via both transverse and trench-axis turbidity currents.

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