| Abstract: | Saginaw Bay is a southwest extension of Lake Huron on the east shore of the Southern Peninsula of Michigan. It is a shallow-water derivative of the Pleistocene Lake Saginaw. Sixty-one bottom samples were collected on a semigrid pattern and analyzed physically. Findings were treated statistically. Sediments range in size from large pebbles to clay. Medium- to fine-grained clear quartz sand is common to all parts of the bay. Currents and wave action are primarily responsible for both median diameter and sorting distribution patterns. Only a very general correlation can be established between depth and median diameter. Heavy minerals occur in abundance locally and show an affinity to shallow-water areas subject to prevailing currents. Shape also locally determines heavy mineral concentrations. Only general conclusions can be established from roundness and sphericity and acid-soluble content. Increased organic content is correlative with quiet water environments. The shallow-water, heterogeneous nature of Saginaw Bay is not conducive to the recognition of sedimentary criteria suitable for correlations in other than a local environment. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 1000486 |
| Citation Author: | Wood, Leonard E. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Great Lakes Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 184 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Sedimentary Petrology |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 12 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 12 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Out-of-print |
| Citation Publisher: | SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Bottom sediments of Saginaw Bay, Michigan; 1964; Article; Journal; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology; Wood, Leonard E. |
| Citation Start Page: | 173 |
| Citation Volume: | 34 |
| Citation Year: | 1964 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Bottom sediments of Saginaw Bay, Michigan; 1964; Article; Journal; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology; Wood, Leonard E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1306/74D71000-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1964 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology |
