Publication Date:
2023-07-07
Description:
Petrographic analysis of Quaternary terrigenous sand layers in eastern Mediterranean cores reveals distinct mineralogical differences between the Egyptian Shelf–Nile Cone region and the southern part of the Mediterranean Ridge. A compositionally and texturally immature suite in Ridge cores, mixed with a Nile-derived assemblage, identifies a fresh non-recycled mineral component derived from proximal igneous and metamorphic surface or near-surface exposures, probably in the south–central Ridge area rather than from distal African sources. The presence of such basement terrains would be consistent with a compressive thrust-belt origin for this part of the Mediterranean Ridge.
Keywords:
13-130; 13-131; Amphibole; Apatite; Area/locality; CHN119-11; Clinopyroxene; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Epidote; Event label; Garnet; GC; Glomar Challenger; Grab; GRAB; Gravity corer; Heavy minerals; Heavy minerals, opaque; Heavy minerals, sum; Leg13; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Sea/CONE; Mediterranean Sea/RIDGE; Orthopyroxene; P6508-42; P6508-45; P6510-10; P6510-5; P6510-6; P6510-8; P6510-P14; P6510-P17; P6510-P4; PC; Piston corer; Sample code/label; Sphene; V10; V10-53; Vema; Zircon
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 533 data points
