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Science 9 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3680, pp. 179 - 180
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3680.179
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Mineralogy of Particulate Matter Suspended in Sea Water

Marian B. Jacobs 1 and Maurice Ewing 1

1 Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

X-ray diffraction analysis of the particulate matter of water samples from the Caribbean Sea, one from the surface and one from a depth of 768 meters, shows that the material has a mineral composition comparable to that found in deep-sea sediments of the area. The minerals found in the water samples include illite, the most abundant clay; kaolinite; chlorite; talc; mixed-layer clay; quartz; feldspar; and amphibole. Kaolinite and chlorite are more abundant relative to illite in the sediments than in the suspended material.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mineral Source and Transport in Waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
M. B. Jacobs, M. B. Jacobs, and M. Ewing (1969)
Science 163, 805-809
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