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SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION PATTERN ALONG EASTERN PART OF THE IRANIAN MAKRAN SHELF, NORTHERN GULF OF OMAN
(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2010, H. Lahijani, M. Shah-Hosseini, M. Hosseindoost, A. NADERI Beni, P. Habibi, H. Bagheri, C. Morhange)
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Surface and core sediment samples from the Iranian continental shelf of the Gulf of Oman have been studied using standard sedimentological techniques. Based on the grain size analysis of surface and core sediments, the silt fraction is the common sediment type in the Makran shelf. It ranges from 40\% up to 76\%. The amount of clay fraction varies from 19\% to 54\%. Sandy sediments appear in some cores up to 20\%. Mean content of organic matter and calcium carbonate in the sediments is around 1.75\% and 15.4\%, res...
Marine and Ocean Ecosystems2010