Peruvian deep-sea sediments : evidence for continental accretion

In order to determine whether the sediments found on the landward wall of the Peru Trench are accreted Nazca Plate sediments, the clay mineralogy and organic carbon contents of 52 surface samples were submitted to factor analysis. Q-mode factor analysis resolved the data from the Nazca Plate and Per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosato, Victor Joseph
Other Authors: Kulm, L. D.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/28744