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High-Resolution Sediment Records of Seismicity and Seasonal Sedimentation from Prince William Sound, Alaska, using XRF Core Scanning
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Miller, Eric James |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | ...................................................................................................................... x INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 2 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 5 Study Area ...................................................................................................................... 5 Geological Setting ................................................................................................... 5 Prince William Sound ............................................................................................. 7 Alaska Coastal Current ........................................................................................... 8 Climatic Setting .................................................................................................... 10 River Discharge .................................................................................................... 11 Methodology ................................................................................................................. 12 Pb ...................................................................................................................... 13 Cs ...................................................................................................................... 13 X-Ray Flourescence Core Scanning ..................................................................... 14 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 17 Core Collection ............................................................................................................. 17 Core Processing ............................................................................................................ 17 Photography .......................................................................................................... 17 iv X-Radiography ...................................................................................................... 18 Subsampling .......................................................................................................... 18 Laboratory Analysis ...................................................................................................... 19 Grain Size.............................................................................................................. 19 Pb Gamma Spectroscopy .................................................................................. 19 Pb Alpha Spectroscopy ..................................................................................... 20 Cs Gamma Spectroscopy .................................................................................. 22 X-Ray Fluorescence Core Scanning ..................................................................... 23 RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 24 Core Descriptions.......................................................................................................... 24 Spatial Trends ....................................................................................................... 24 Grain Size...................................................................................................................... 25 Spatial Trends ....................................................................................................... 25 Geochronology .............................................................................................................. 26 Spatial Trends ....................................................................................................... 27 X-Ray Fluorescence Core Scans ................................................................................... 27 K/Ca ...................................................................................................................... 28 Sr/Pb ...................................................................................................................... 29 Br/Cl ...................................................................................................................... 30 DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................. 31 Depositonial Trends and Sediment Sources ................................................................. 31 XRF Proxies .................................................................................................................. 35 K/Ca – Sediment Source .......................................................................................... 35 |
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| DOI | 10.25773/v5-6bav-8b54 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3077&context=etd |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.vims.edu/library/Theses/Miller14.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.25773/v5-6bav-8b54 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
