Clay mineralogy of late Cenozoic sediments in the CESAR cores, Alpha Ridge, central Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Dalrymple, Robert W., Maass, Oliver C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Alpha Ridge; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; alpha ridge; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-152; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-152

The clay-sized (< 2 μm) fraction of the silty and arenaceous lutites constituting CESAR cores 14 and 103 (Alpha Ridge, central Arctic Ocean) is composed predominantly of mica (40–60%), with subequal percentages (10–20%) of kaolinite and chlorite and lesser amounts (< 5%) of smectite, quartz, p...