Sedimentary accumulation and vertical mixing of diatom valves in coastal marine sediments in Omura Bay, western Japan
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- Kato Megumi
- Department of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
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- Tanimura Yoshihiro
- Department of Geology, National Science Museum
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- Matsuoka Kazumi
- Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University
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- Fukusawa Hitoshi
- Department of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 長崎県大村湾の表層堆積物に認められた珪藻被殻の鉛直混合
Abstract
Taphonomic process of diatom valves was investigated with samples from a surface sediment core and a sediment trap above it in Omura Bay, western Japan. Extremely weak diatom valves of a coastal marine diatom, Chaetoceros affinis Lauder was considerably observed in the sediment core, whereas the other Chaetoceros species with weak valves like C. affinis rarely occurred even though they were found in trap samples. Biweekly sediment trap experiments revealed the season when each Chaetoceros species bloomed and deposited on seafloor. The observation suggests that the latest bloomed Chaetoceros valves (younger than 7-8 months) were preserved in the sediments. Vertical mixing of loose sediments by seawater movement and burrowing invertebrates seems to work within the depth of 5cm of surface deposits according to observation of sedimentary structures and stratigraphical distribution of C. affinis in the core. The diatom valves are well mixed in this layer within 4 weeks.
Journal
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- Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan
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Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 53 (53), 47-55, 2001
The Sedimentological Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680197464064
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- NII Article ID
- 130004372513
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- ISSN
- 18829457
- 1342310X
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed