Desmet, M. and Schaaf, A. (1998): Geochimie des sediments plio-quaternaires dans l'ocean Pacifique equatorial, Leg ODP 138 Plio-Pleistocene sediment geochemistry in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, ODP Leg 138

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 138
Identifier:
1999-054302
georefid

Creator:
Desmet, M.
CNRS, Laboratoire de Geodynamique des Chaines Alpines, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
author

Schaaf, A.
Universite Louis-Pasteur I, Strasbourg, France
author

Identification:
Geochimie des sediments plio-quaternaires dans l'ocean Pacifique equatorial, Leg ODP 138 Plio-Pleistocene sediment geochemistry in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, ODP Leg 138
1998
Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes
Gauthier-Villars, Montrouge, France
327
6
413-418
Plio-Quaternary sediments from ODP sites 849B and 852C (Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean) have been studied. A spatial and temporal comparison of the chemical composition of the sediment from a Pliocene period (3.5 to 3.3 My BP) and a Pleistocene period (550 to 350 ky BP) has been carried out. The chemical signature of the sediment is characterised by a fluctuation state of titanium, manganese, silicium, magnesium and bioactive metals (Cu, Co, Ni). The chemical sedimentation in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean is stable throughout Plio-Quaternary times. The spatial distribution of chemical elements varies strongly with the geographic location of the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:11.1326
West:-110.3419East: -90.2851
South:-3.0548

Oceanography; Cenozoic; chemical composition; drilling; Equatorial Pacific; Leg 138; marine geology; marine sediments; Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program; Pacific Ocean; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Quaternary; sediments; Tertiary; upper Tertiary;

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