Clay minerals as indicators of late Quaternary sedimentation constraints in the Mendeleev Rise, Amerasian Basin, Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Lithology and Mineral Resources
• Main Authors: Krylov, A. A., Stein, Rüdiger, Ermakova, L. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Mendeleev Rise; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28022/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28022/1/2014_Krylov-etal-Clay_LithMinRes-49.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490213060059

The results of study of six cores taken from different morphostructural zones in the Mendeleev Ridge area are discussed. Average contents of minerals of the illite group, chlorite, kaolinite, and smectite are about 60, 21, 12, and 5%, respectively. It was found that fluctuations of minerals along th...