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Clay Mineral Characteristics of 420 MV (Mud Volcano) in Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean

북극 보퍼트해 420 MV (진흙화산)의 점토광물 특성

  • Jang, Jeong Kyu (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Koo, Hyo Jin (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Cho, Hyen Goo (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 장정규 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 구효진 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 조현구 (경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소)
  • Received : 2019.02.12
  • Accepted : 2019.03.28
  • Published : 2019.03.31
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Abstract

Clay minerals, a major component of mud volcano (MV) sediments, are expected to provide important information for characterizing mud volcano formation mechanisms, but clay minerals have rarely been studied. The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of 420 MV and surrounding marine sediments. Clay minerals and grain size were analyzed for 8 box cores from 420 MV and Mackenzie Trough. The relative proportions of the four major clay minerals in the Mackenzie Trough are almost constant in the order of illite, chlorite, kaolinite, and smectite, regardless of the distance from the Mackenzie River. However, the grain size tends to become fining as they move away from the Mackenzie River. Comparing the clay mineral characteristics of river (Colville River, Kuparuk River, Sagavanirktok River, Canning River, Mackenzie River) sediments entering the Beaufort Sea in order to determine the origin of the Mackenzie Trough and 420 MV sediments, the sediments of the Mackenzie Trough are characterized mainly by the Mackenzie River with a low ratio of smectite/illite and a high ratio of kaolinite/chlorite. In 420 MV sediments, the contents of clay minerals decrease in the order of illite, kaolinite, chlorite, and smectite, and the grain size with depth is almost constant. The content of smectite and coarse sediments is about two times higher than the reference core. No river with higher kaolinite content than chlorite exists in the Beaufort Sea, and the ratio of smectite/illite to kaolinite/chlorite is different from the reference core such as the ratio of the Mackenzie River. Compared to the reference core, the high contents of coarse sediments and the constant grain size with depth might be attributed to the ejection by MV. The reference core is interpreted as originating from Mackenzie River, and sediment of 420 MV is interpreted as originating from eruption of MV.

점토광물은 진흙화산(MV)을 구성하는 중요 광물로서, 진흙화산의 특성 및 형성 메커니즘을 밝히는 데에 중요한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대되지만, 이에 대한 연구는 거의 수행된 바가 없다. 본 연구에서는 북극 보퍼트해 420 MV와 주변 해역 퇴적물들의 점토광물학적 차이를 규명하여, 진흙화산의 특성 및 형성과 점토광물과의 관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 420 MV와 맥켄지곡에서 8개의 박스 코어에 대해 점토광물과 입도 분석을 실시하였다. 맥켄지곡의 4가지 주요 점토광물의 상대적인 함량비는 맥켄지강과의 거리에 상관없이 일라이트, 녹니석, 카올리나이트, 스멕타이트 순으로 거의 일정하지만, 입도는 맥켄지강으로부터 멀어질수록 점점 세립화하는 경향을 나타낸다. 맥켄지곡의 퇴적물들은 주로 스멕타이트/일라이트의 비가 낮고 카올리나이트/녹니석의 비가 높은 맥켄지강의 특징을 가진다. 420 MV의 퇴적물은 점토광물의 함량이 일라이트, 카올리나이트, 녹니석, 스멕타이트 순으로 감소하며, 깊이에 따른 입도가 거의 일정하다. 스멕타이트와 조립질 퇴적물의 함량은 비교 코어보다 약 2배 높다. 녹니석보다 카올리나이트의 함량이 높은 강은 보퍼트해 내에서는 연구된 결과가 없으며, 맥켄지강과 스멕타이트/일라이트, 카올리나이트/녹니석의 비가 같은 비교 코어와 구분된다. 비교 코어보다 많은 조립질 퇴적물과 깊이에 따라 일정한 입도는 MV에 의한 분출로 인한 것으로 유추된다. 비교 코어의 퇴적물은 맥켄지강 기원, 420 MV의 퇴적물은 MV의 분출에 의한 것으로 해석된다.

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