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    Shift in detrital sedimentation in the eastern Bay of Bengal during the late Quaternary

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    2010
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    PrakashBabu, C.
    Pattan, J.N.
    Dutta, K.
    Basavaiah, N.
    Prasad, G.V.K.
    Ray, D.K.
    Govil, P.
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    Abstract
    Down-core variations of granulometric, geochemical and mineral magnetism of a 70-cm long sediment core retrieved from the eastern Bay of Bengal abyssal region were studied to understand sedimentation pattern and sediment provenance during the last approx.12 kyr BP. Based on down-core physical and elemental variations, three units were identified: unit 3 (70-43 cm) is a approx. 30 cm thick clayey silt organic carbon-rich (0.5-0.92%) turbidite probably delivered by the Brahmaputra River during the late Quaternary period. Units 2 (43-24 cm) and 1 (24-0 cm) represent enhanced and reduced supply of coarse-grained detrital sediments from the Ganges River during early and late Holocene period, respectively. Increased terrigenous supply dilutes calcium carbonate (CaCO sub(3)) and biogenic elements (P, Ba and Cu) in units 3 and 2. On the contrary, a reduction in detrital input enhances CaCO sub(3) and biogenic elements in unit 1. Lithogenic elements (Ti, Al, K and Rb) and shale-normalized REE patterns in all three units suggest terrigenous source. The shift in provenance from the Brahmaputra to the Ganges derived sediments is evident by a sharp increase in sediment grain size, increased concentration and grain size assemblages of magnetic minerals, lithogenic elements concentration and La sub(n)/Yb sub(n) ratio. This study highlights terrigenous dilution on biogenic sedimentation in the eastern Bay of Bengal sediments
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