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CLAY SEDIMENTATION IN THE JAPAN SEA SINCE THE EARLY MIOCENE - INFLUENCE OF SOURCE-ROCK AND HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY
Fagel, Nathalie; André, Luc; CHAMLEY, H. et al.
1992In Sedimentary Geology, 80 (1-2), p. 27-40
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Abstract :
[en] X-ray diffraction analyses have been carried out on 128 samples of Miocene to Quaternary sediments from ODP Sites 794, 795 and 797. Some clay fractions of samples from Site 797 have also been studied for rare earth elements and by Nd isotopic analyses. These three sites display similar lithological and clay assemblages (with dominant chlorite, illite and smectite) showing that the sedimentation was homogeneous throughout the whole Japan Sea Basin. Three mineralogical zones are recognized. The first zone (Lower Miocene sandy clay of Sites 794 and 797) is mainly composed of chlorite resulting from hydrothermal transformation of arc-derived smectite, due to sill injections during the initial oceanic spreading stage. The second zone (Lower Miocene to Lower Pliocene siliceous claystone and diatomaceous silty clay) is dominated by arc-derived smectite; the abundance of this mineral decreases upwards while illite and chlorite increase. This trend reflects a change of detrital source, from an eastern arc-derived source (epsilon(Nd)t > -3.3; variable LREE enrichment) to a western continental crust source (epsilon(Nd)t < -9.4; shale-like REE patterns); climatic modifications in the current dynamics are proposed as a cause for this change. The third zone (Upper Pliocene to Recent silty clay with minor diatom oozes) is characterized at Site 797 by increasing amounts of illite and chlorite. This reflects a more and more important western supply which is assumed to be related to tectonic rejuvenations of the Asian margin or climatic modifications affecting the alteration conditions or the current dynamics. At Sites 794 and 795, the more or less sharp supply of chlorite seems to be driven by the incipient subduction zone on the eastern margin of the Japan Sea.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Fagel, Nathalie  ;  Université de Lille > Département de Géologie
André, Luc
CHAMLEY, H.
DEBRABANT, P.
JOLIVET, L.
Language :
English
Title :
CLAY SEDIMENTATION IN THE JAPAN SEA SINCE THE EARLY MIOCENE - INFLUENCE OF SOURCE-ROCK AND HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY
Publication date :
1992
Journal title :
Sedimentary Geology
ISSN :
0037-0738
eISSN :
1879-0968
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
80
Issue :
1-2
Pages :
27-40
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
MRT
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