Clay mineral compositions in the surface sediment of the Chanthaburi coast (northeastern Gulf of Thailand) and their implications on sediment provenance

Min CHEN; Hongshuai QI; Apitida WASUWATCHARAPONG; Apichai KANCHANAPANT; Wichien INTASEN; Guobiao HUANG; Xuan LIU

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Clay mineral compositions in the surface sediment of the Chanthaburi coast (northeastern Gulf of Thailand) and their implications on sediment provenance

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- Clay mineral compositions in the surface sediment of the Chanthaburi coast (northeastern Gulf of Thailand) and their implications on sediment provenance
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 41, Issue 5, Pages: 1742-1752(2023)
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  1.Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
  2.Department of Mineral Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
  3.Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Physical and Geological Processes, Xiamen 361005, China
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  qihongshuai@tio.org.cn
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- Received：11 April 2022，
  
  Accepted：08 June 2022，
  
  Online First：29 August 2022，
  
  Published：01 September 2023
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CHEN Min,QI Hongshuai,WASUWATCHARAPONG Apitida,et al.Clay mineral compositions in the surface sediment of the Chanthaburi coast (northeastern Gulf of Thailand) and their implications on sediment provenance[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(05):1742-1752.
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CHEN Min,QI Hongshuai,WASUWATCHARAPONG Apitida,et al.Clay mineral compositions in the surface sediment of the Chanthaburi coast (northeastern Gulf of Thailand) and their implications on sediment provenance[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(05):1742-1752. DOI：

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Clay mineral composition represents an important tracer of sediment source area

migration processes

and paleoclimatic conditions. Clay mineral analysis was performed on 15 surface sediment samples collected from the coast of Chanthaburi

Thailand. Results show that the composition of clay minerals in the study area differs substantially from that in surrounding regions of the Gulf of Thailand. The clay minerals of the Chanthaburi coast are dominated by kaolinite (~56%)

followed by smectite (~21%)

illite (~14%)

and low concentrations of chlorite (~8%). The average illite chemistry index and crystallinity are 0.93 and 0.32

respectively. Comparative analysis of the clay mineral composition of surface sediments in several typical areas around the Gulf of Thailand indicated that the clays of the Chanthaburi coast are mainly derived from parent rock weathering in the small watersheds of the Chanthaburi and Welu rivers and the surrounding islands. Terrestrial input from the northern coast of the Gulf of Thailand (excluding the Mekong River) was previously considered negligible; however

the present results indicate that such input has impact on the eastern Gulf of Thailand. The warm humid climatic conditions in Southeast Asia are the primary factors that affect the strong chemical weathering in the study area

followed by the nature of the parent rock.

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