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Stuut, Jan-Berend W; Kasten, Sabine; Lamy, Frank; Hebbeln, Dierk (2010): Grain-size analyses and bulk chemistry determined in surface sediment samples along the Chilean continental margin in the Southeast Pacific Ocean. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738150, Supplement to: Stuut, J-BW et al. (2007): Sources and modes of terrigenous sediment input to the Chilean continental slope. Quaternary International, 161(1), 67-76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.041

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Abstract:
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties of a set of surface sediment samples collected along the Chilean continental slope (21-44°S) are used to characterise present-day sedimentation patterns and sediment provenance on the Chilean margin. Despite the presence of several exceptional latitudinal gradients in relief, oceanography, tectonic evolution, volcanic activity and onshore geology, the present-day input of terrigenous sediments to the Chilean continental margin appears to be mainly controlled by precipitation gradients, and source-rock composition in the hinterland. General trends in grain size denote a southward decrease in median grain-size of the terrigenous (Corganic, CaCO3 and Opal-free) fraction, which is interpreted as a shift from aeolian to fluvial sedimentation. This interpretation is supported by previous observations of southward increasing bulk sedimentation rates. North-south trends in sediment bulk chemistry are best recognised in the iron (Fe) and titanium (Ti) vs. potassium (K) and aluminium (Al) ratios of the sediments that most likely reflect the contribution of source rocks from the Andean volcanic arc. These ratios are high in the northernmost part, abruptly decrease at 25°S, and then more or less constantly increase southwards to a maximum at ~40°S.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -33.788170 * Median Longitude: -73.121931 * South-bound Latitude: -44.284160 * West-bound Longitude: -75.864660 * North-bound Latitude: -22.800330 * East-bound Longitude: -70.490330
Date/Time Start: 2001-04-02T09:26:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-05-12T10:23:00
Event(s):
GeoB7103-4 * Latitude: -22.867160 * Longitude: -70.542160 * Date/Time: 2001-04-02T09:26:00 * Elevation: -890.0 m * Recovery: 0.31 m * Location: off Chile * Campaign: SO156/1 (PUCK) * Basis: Sonne * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: core recovery 8/8, 4/4
GeoB7104-6 * Latitude: -22.866660 * Longitude: -70.490330 * Date/Time: 2001-04-02T22:32:00 * Elevation: -312.0 m * Recovery: 0.27 m * Location: off Chile * Campaign: SO156/1 (PUCK) * Basis: Sonne * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: core recovery 7/8, 4/4
GeoB7106-1 * Latitude: -22.800330 * Longitude: -70.611830 * Date/Time: 2001-04-03T20:32:00 * Elevation: -1351.0 m * Recovery: 0.25 m * Location: off Chile * Campaign: SO156/1 (PUCK) * Basis: Sonne * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: core recovery 8/8, 4/4
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