Distribution Characteristics of Magnetic Parameters of the Surface Sediments in the Okinawa Trough and Their Relationships to Sedimentary Environment
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
- Publish Date: 2007-10-10
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Key words:
- Okinawa Trough /
- multiple magnetic parameters /
- material provenance /
- sedimentary environment[LM]
Abstract: Multiple magnetic parameters measurement such as magnetic susceptibility, saturation remnant magnetization, anhysteresis remnant magnetization were made on 110 surface samples taken from the shelf of the East China Sea to abyssal plain of the Okinawa Trough. Based on the measured results, correlation in sediment magnetic characteristic and material provenance with different sedimentary environments were discussed. The sediment from individual sedimentary environments show distinguishable local environmental characteristics and are characterized by different magnetic properties. As the east abyssal plain of the Okinawa Trough contains some volcanic materials, it shows stronger magnetic characteristics than other sediment environments. There are no clearly correlation between CaCO3 and magnetic parameters, but magnetic feature tends to become weaker with the content of CaCO3 increase. Being a biologic index, CaCO3 possibly dilute the content of magnetic minerals of sediments to affect the magnetic characteristics of sediments.
Citation: | LI Ping. Distribution Characteristics of Magnetic Parameters of the Surface Sediments in the Okinawa Trough and Their Relationships to Sedimentary Environment[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2007, 25(5): 753-758. |