Heavy mineral provinces of the Palos Verdes margin, southern California
Continental Shelf Research
By: F. L. Wong
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Abstract
Natural sources of sediment for the Palos Verdes margin, southern California, have been augmented by effluent discharged from Los Angeles County Sanitation District's sewage-treatment facility and by the reactivation of the Portuguese Bend landslide. Heavy minerals in very fine and fine sand (63-250 ??m) from beach and shelf sites off the Palos Verdes Peninsula distinguish effluent-affected sediment from unaffected deposits, and track the sediment contributed by the Portuguese Bend landslide. Heavy minerals also identify heterogeneous sediment sources for the nearshore zone and relate outer-shelf sediment to depositional cells north and south of the area.
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Wong, F.L., 2002, Heavy mineral provinces of the Palos Verdes margin, southern California: Continental Shelf Research, v. 22, no. 6-7, p. 899-910, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(01)00110-8.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Heavy mineral provinces of the Palos Verdes margin, southern California |
| Series title | Continental Shelf Research |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0278-4343(01)00110-8 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6-7 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Continental Shelf Research |
| First page | 899 |
| Last page | 910 |