Abstract
Clay minerals of the surface sediments of Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, exhibit distinctive geographical distributions: kaolinite has the highest concentration near the shore of the South Shetland Islands in the northern strait (20%); chlorite, near Smith Island in the northwestern strait; illite, on the continental shelf off the Antarctic Peninsula in the southern strait (80%); and smectite, close to the Penguin and Bridgeman islands in the northeastern strait (25%). This distribution pattern, combined with hydrographic and climatic data for the strait, are used to infer clay mineral provenance and dispersal patterns.
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Yoon, H.I., Han, M.W., Park, B.K. et al. Distribution, provenance, and dispersal pattern of clay minerals in surface sediments, Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. Geo-Marine Letters 12, 223–227 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02091842
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