Pleistocene Turbidities of the Canada Abyssal Plain, Arctic Ocean.

• Main Author: Campbell,John S.
• Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON DEPT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *Ocean bottom sampling; *Arctic Ocean; Core sampling; Sediments; Grain size; Turbidity currents; Theses; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Canada Abyssal Plain
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0770825; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0770825

A study of more than 100 sediment cores from the Arctic Ocean reveals that turbidity current deposits comprise about 27 percent of the cored sediments in the northeast and southeast parts of the Canada Abyssal Plain. The most common sedimentary structures in the Canada Abyssal Plain turbidites include the plane-parallel laminated Bouma B or D sequences, ripple cross-laminated Bouma C sequences, massive Bouma A sequences, and some load deformation structures. (Modified author abstract) Master's thesis.