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Determining main carbonate mineralogy, and the primary components of the non carbonate fraction, at three depths in core GC11, collected from the Capricorn Channel.

A gravity core (GC11) was collected from a depth of 502 mbsl within the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Analysis of other parameters revealed the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) sitting at a depth of ~30cm into the core. Three samples were collected for XRD analysis; at the sediment surface (GC11-0) representing interglacial sediment, at 260cm (GC11-260) also representing interglacial sediment, and from 160cm (GC11-160) - representing glacial sediment. XRD analysis shows that the majority of the interglacial sample (GC11-260) carbonate is made up of calcite. The glacial sample (GC11-160) is only 50% CaCO3 with the rest of the sample made up of quartz and clays.

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Title Determining main carbonate mineralogy, and the primary components of the non carbonate fraction, at three depths in core GC11, collected from the Capricorn Channel.
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia
Data Status inactive
Update Frequency never
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cb38b054-7498-4ba4-87da-3fd98c712cfc
Date Published 2017-06-24
Date Updated 2023-08-11
Contact Point
National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA)
h.bostock@niwa.co.nz
Temporal Coverage 2017-06-24 17:33:47
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[151.5, -24.5], [153.0, -24.5], [153.0, -23.0], [151.5, -23.0], [151.5, -24.5]]]}
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Data Portal data.gov.au
Publisher/Agency National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA)