Physical, chemical and geological properties of sediments from the central equatorial Pacific

• Main Author: Hurd, David C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1973
• Subjects: FFC; Free fall corer; GC; Gravity corer; Hurd_100; Hurd_101; Hurd_102; Hurd_90; Hurd_91; Hurd_92; Hurd_93; Hurd_94; Hurd_95; Hurd_96; Hurd_97; Hurd_98; Hurd_99; Silicon Cycling in the World Ocean; SINOPS; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.735133; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735133

The solution rate of biogenic opal in near-surface sediments in the Central Equatorial Pacific is three to eight orders of magnitude lower than similar acid-cleaned samples. Iron, magnesium and calcium aluminosilicates may be the minerals which are forming on the surface of the opal and reducing its...