MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDIES OF SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS FROM THE DEEP ARABIAN SEA

Authors
SHANKAR R SUBBARAO KV KOLLA V
Citation
R. Shankar et al., MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDIES OF SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS FROM THE DEEP ARABIAN SEA, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 43(2), 1994, pp. 159-167
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Geology
Journal title
Journal of the Geological Society of India → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167622
Volume
43
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
159 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7622(1994)43:2<159:MSOSSF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A wide variety of processes such as volcanic activity, submarine and c ontinental weathering, aeolian transport and authigenesis can account for the magnetic susceptibility of the deep Arabian Sea sediments. Pre liminary studies of the magnetic fraction indicate that it is predomin antly composed of pseudo-single domain and viscous magnetite. It is fo und that magnetic susceptibility can be used to estimate the approxima te iron content of marine sediments.