Geochemical analyses have been performed on sediment samples collected during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 178 from the continental rise and outer continental shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula. A suite of 21 trace elements was measured by neutron activation analysis in 39 sediment samples, and major element oxides were determined in 67 samples by electron microprobe analyses of fused glass beads. These geochemical data, combined with the X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence data from shipboard analyses, provide a reasonable estimate of the mineral and chemical composition of sediments deposited along the western margin of the Antarctic Peninsula.
1Kyte, F.T., and Vakulenko, M., 2001. Data report: Major and trace element geochemistry of rise and shelf sediments from the Antarctic Peninsula, Leg 178. In Barker, P.F., Camerlenghi, A., Acton, G.D., and Ramsay, A.T.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 178 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/178_SR/chap_04/chap_04.htm>. [Cited YYYY-MM-DD]
2Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Slichter Hall, Los Angeles CA 90095, USA. Correspondence author: kyte@igpp.ucla.edu
Initial
receipt: 22 August 2000
Acceptance: 27 February 2001
Web publication: 15 June 2001
Ms 178SR-207