Elemental geochemical characteristics of surface sediments from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge and their geological significance

DING Xue; HU Bangqi; ZHAO Jingtao; WANG Feifei; HUANG Wei; LI Panfeng; LIU Jia; GUO Jianwei; CUI Ruyong

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022122402

2023 Vol. 43, No. 1

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DING Xue, HU Bangqi, ZHAO Jingtao, WANG Feifei, HUANG Wei, LI Panfeng, LIU Jia, GUO Jianwei, CUI Ruyong. Elemental geochemical characteristics of surface sediments from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge and their geological significance[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2023, 43(1): 61-70. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022122402

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DING Xue, HU Bangqi, ZHAO Jingtao, WANG Feifei, HUANG Wei, LI Panfeng, LIU Jia, GUO Jianwei, CUI Ruyong. Elemental geochemical characteristics of surface sediments from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge and their geological significance[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2023, 43(1): 61-70. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022122402

Elemental geochemical characteristics of surface sediments from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge and their geological significance

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Qingdao Institute of Maine Geology, CGS, Qingdao 266237, China
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Laboratory for Marine Mineral Resources, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China
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College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China

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Corresponding author: HU Bangqi, bangqihu@gmail.com

Received Date: 24 December 2022

Revised Date: 09 January 2023

Accepted Date: 09 January 2023

Publish Date: 28 February 2023

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The Philippine Sea, with its special geographical location, is rich in frontier geoscience issues and is a natural laboratory for studying the Earth multi-layer interactions. In recent years, the southern section of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the central Philippine Sea has become a hot spot for geoscience research, but its surface sediment provenance and sedimentary environment are not yet well understood. The sediment geochemistry of 69 stations collected from the southern section of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge at water depths of 3900-6100m was studied to identify the spatial variability of sediment provenance and depositional environments. The results show that the sediment types in the study area are pelagic clay and siliceous ooze, and the clastic components of sediment are less chemically weathered, less affected by sorting and recycling, and are mixed products of Asian dust materials and island-arc volcanic materials, of which Asian dust materials are dominated; and the different types of sediment in the study area are basically in an oxidative depositional environment, and the bottom water redox conditions are not a controlling factor for the enrichment of transition metal (e.g., Mo) elements in the sediments, indicating that Fe-Mn (oxyhydr)oxides are an important link between the source-sink processes of transition metal elements at the water-sediment interface. In addition, bottom redox conditions may not be necessary for the preservation of diatom mats.
- surface sediment /
- elemental geochemistry /
- sediment provenance /
- redox sensitive element /
- Kyushu-Palau Ridge

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