2008
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.3.231
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Nature and origin of carbonate particles along a transect on the western margin of Great Bahama Bank (Middle Miocene): sedimentary processes and depositional model

Abstract: During ODP Leg 166, Middle Miocene sediments were collected along the western margin of the Great Bahama Bank (GBB) at four sites, distributed along a proximal-distal transect. Site 1006 is located in the basin, Site 1007 at the toe-of-slope and Sites 1003 and 1005 on the mid and upper slope. The carbonate slope deposits of GBB consist of periplatform oozes, an admixture of platform-derived aragonite and high-magnesium calcite particles, and pelagic low-magnesium calcite. An assessment of carbonate sedimentati… Show more

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“…These particles have been differentiated based on crystallographic, granulometric, and mineralogical criteria: Macroparticles occur in the 20-12 lm, 12-8 lm, and 8-5 lm fractions and consist of calcite, which is mainly xenomorphic and sometimes rhombohedral or dolomite rhombohedra. In contrast, microparticles that are either composed of (1) calcite rhombohedra (\8 lm), which-from a granulometric point of view-are similar to the 'micarb particles' described by Cook and Egbert (1983), Erba (1992) and Mattioli and Pittet (2002), their high proportion in slope sediments and their high magnesium content suggest a bank-top origin (Turpin 2006;Turpin et al 2008), or of (2) needle-shaped aragonite (\12 lm), which only occurs at distal Sites 1006 and 1007 (Table 2; Fig. 2).…”
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“…These particles have been differentiated based on crystallographic, granulometric, and mineralogical criteria: Macroparticles occur in the 20-12 lm, 12-8 lm, and 8-5 lm fractions and consist of calcite, which is mainly xenomorphic and sometimes rhombohedral or dolomite rhombohedra. In contrast, microparticles that are either composed of (1) calcite rhombohedra (\8 lm), which-from a granulometric point of view-are similar to the 'micarb particles' described by Cook and Egbert (1983), Erba (1992) and Mattioli and Pittet (2002), their high proportion in slope sediments and their high magnesium content suggest a bank-top origin (Turpin 2006;Turpin et al 2008), or of (2) needle-shaped aragonite (\12 lm), which only occurs at distal Sites 1006 and 1007 (Table 2; Fig. 2).…”
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confidence: 88%
“…At these Sites 1005 and 1003, the mean amount of \63 lm fraction is equal to 67 and 69% and the \12 lm fraction represents 41 and 46%, respectively. For a detailed description of composition per fraction, please refer to Turpin et al (2008). At Site 1007, numerous authors (Betzler et al 1999(Betzler et al , 2000Frank and Bernet 2000;Isern and Anselmetti 2001;Reuning et al 2002) related the cyclic sedimentation pattern to sea-level fluctuations.…”
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