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dc.contributor.authorMascarenhas-Pereira, M.B.L.
dc.contributor.authorNath, B.N.
dc.contributor.authorIyer, S.D.
dc.contributor.authorBorole, D.V.
dc.contributor.authorParthiban, G.
dc.contributor.authorJijin, R.
dc.contributor.authorKhedekar, V.D.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-12T10:06:12Z
dc.date.available2016-05-12T10:06:12Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.316; 2016; 85-100
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4958
dc.description.abstractWe have investigated three sediment cores collected from water depths > 5000 m along the transect 76°30`E in close proximity to a fracture zone in the Central Indian Basin (CIB). The cores yielded five volcanic horizons of which four have visual and dispersed shards. Rhyolitic glass shards of bubble wall, platy, angular and blocky types were retrieved from various stratigraphic horizons in the cores. The abundance of glass shards, composition of bulk sediments, and 230Thexcess ages of the host sediments were used to distinguish the volcanic horizons. Of the four volcanic horizons, three are now newly reported and correspond to ages of ~ 85, 107–109 and 142–146 ka while the fourth horizon is of 70–75 ka. By using trace element ratios and Cr and Nb-based normative calculations, cryptotephra has been identified for the first time from the CIB sediment. The cryptotephra forms the fifth ash horizon and is of ~ 34 ka.A comparison with the published data on volcanic tephra in and around the Indian Ocean indicate the shard rich horizon (SRH) of 70–75 ka to resemble the Younger Toba Tuffs (YTT), while the other volcanic horizons that were deposited during different time periods do not correlate with any known marine or terrestrial records. These tephra layers have produced a tephrostratigraphic framework across the tectonically and volcanically complex regions of the CIB. Due to the lack of terrestrial equivalents of these tephra, it is hypothesized that the newly found volcanic horizons may have been derived from submarine volcanic eruptions. Multiple layers of submarine volcaniclastic deposits found at water depths as great as 5300 m reaffirm the growing belief that submarine phreatomagmatic eruptions are much more common in the intraplate region of the Indian Ocean than previously reported
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2016] Elsevier
dc.subjectGEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
dc.subjectGEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
dc.subjectCHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
dc.titleMultiple ash layers in late Quaternary sediments from the Central Indian Basin
dc.typeJournal Article


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