Sediment budget in a deep-sea core from the central equatorial Pacific

Authors

G. Ross Heath, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Theodore C. Moore Jr., Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
B. L.K. Somayajulu, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
David S. Cronan, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Abstract

Stratigraphic, mineralogic, chemical, and geochronologic measurements on a core from 8°20'N, 153°W show that sediment has been accumulating at a rate of 160 g/cm2/106 years. Of this, 125 g is "fresh" Quaternary sediment while the remainder is lower and middle Tertiary material eroded from nearby outcrops....

Recommended Citation

Heath, G. R., Theodore C. Moore, B. L. Somayajulu, and David S. Cronan. 1970. "Sediment budget in a deep-sea core from the central equatorial Pacific." Journal of Marine Research 28, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1184