Sedimentary facies, clay mineralogy and geochemistry of the Paleogene sediments of ODP Site 105-647

• Main Authors: Nielsen, Ole Bjorslev, Cremer, Michel, Stein, Ruediger, Thiébault, Francois, Zimmerman, Herman
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1989
• Subjects: 105-647; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Joides Resolution; Leg105; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.745194; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.745194

Claystones immediately overlying the early Eocene age ocean-floor basalt, cored at Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 647, underwent hydrothermal and thermal alterations originating from the basalt, which resulted in changes in both the mineralogical and chemical composition of the sediments. Chlorit...