Composition of bentonite-, smectite-rich- and ash beds from DSDP Leg 19 holes

• Main Authors: Hein, James R, Scholl, David W
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1978
• Subjects: 19-184; 19-184B; 19-189; 19-190; 19-191; 19-192; 19-192A; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg19; North Pacific/Bering Strait/BASIN; North Pacific/Bering Strait/PLATEAU; North Pacific/Bering Strait/RIDGE; North Pacific/GUYOT; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.718128; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.718128

Late Cenozoic ash deposits cored in Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 19 in the far northwest Pacific and in the Bering Sea have altered to bentonite beds. Some bentonite layers were subsequently replaced by carbonate beds. A significant part of the Neogene volcanic history of land areas adjacent to the...