In this chapter, we present the results of a study of the mineral composition of sediments on the Vietnam shelf, continental slope, and its foot. Mineralogical provinces are recognized and their characteristics are given. Principal regularities of mineral composition formation of marine sediments (with their supply provinces mainly located in the subequatorial belt) are shown on the basis of the multivariate statistics methods (correlation, factor, cluster, regression, and discriminant analyses). It is established, that though the influence of climate on the formation of mineral assemblages is marked, it is not determining. These studies were carried out within the framework of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation.

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Associations of Heavy Minerals in Sediments of the Vietnamese Shelf and Adjacent Areas

  • Alexander N. Derkachev,
  • Natalia A. Nikolaeva

摘要

In this chapter, we present the results of a study of the mineral composition of sediments on the Vietnam shelf, continental slope, and its foot. Mineralogical provinces are recognized and their characteristics are given. Principal regularities of mineral composition formation of marine sediments (with their supply provinces mainly located in the subequatorial belt) are shown on the basis of the multivariate statistics methods (correlation, factor, cluster, regression, and discriminant analyses). It is established, that though the influence of climate on the formation of mineral assemblages is marked, it is not determining. These studies were carried out within the framework of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation.