Lateral distribution of detrital clay minerals in Lower Cretaceous sediment, western North Atlantic and its continental margin

• Other Authors: Holmes, Mary Anne., Florida State University
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Geology; Salisbury; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/lib/digcoll/etd/3161816; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A78015/datastream/TN/view/Lateral%20distribution%20of%20detrital%20clay%20minerals%20in%20Lower%20Cretaceous%20sediment,%20western%20North%20Atlantic%20and%20its%20continental%20margin.jpg

Fine grained sediment from Lower Cretaceous turbidites (DSDP Site 603) and their correlative deltaic deposits (Baltimore Canyon Trough) were compared mineralogically and texturally. The shelf sediment is coarser grained than deep sea sediment and both are poorly sorted. Deltaic sediment is dominated...