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A study of minerals in a sediment core from the Gulf of Naples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

S. M. Shuaib
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Abstract

Preliminary investigation of the minerals in sediment core 15 taken at a depth of 1990 metres in the Gulf of Naples shows:

  1. (i) Volcanic materials, especially glass, occur throughout the core, but only in certain horizons >50%. These horizons represent periods of volcanic activities in the region and further investigation is required to correlate them.

  2. (ii) No mineral in the core shows any post-depositional alteration, and most of them are clear and fresh.

  3. (iii) Among the clay minerals illite is predominant, but kaolinite and mont-morillonite are also present.

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 2 , Issue 12 , December 1954 , pp. 170 - 176
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1954

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