Mineral concentration in sediment core HU92045-11P, supplement to: Hiscott, Richard N; Aksu, Ali E (1996): Quaternary sedimentary processes and budgets in Orphan Basin, Southwestern Labrador Sea. Quaternary Research, 45(2), 160-175

• Main Authors: Hiscott, Richard N, Aksu, Ali E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 1996
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; Calcite; Dolomite; Kalifeldspar; Plagioclase; Quartz; Piston corer; X-ray diffraction XRD; Calculated from weight loss on acidification GF/F filtered; Newfoundland; Barents Sea; Norway; Northeast Newfoundland Shelf; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.754856; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.754856

The continental slope in Orphan Basin, northeast of Newfoundland, is underlain by several seaward-thinning debris-flow wedges alternating with acoustically stratified, regionally extensive, mainly hemipelagic sediments. d18O stratigraphy and volcanic ash layers in a 11.67-m core indicate that the up...