TABLE 1 



Light and Heavy Mineralogy of Eight Northern Arabian Sea Somples 

 (percent by count) 



Light Minerals 

 Quartz 

 Orthoclase 

 Plagioclase 

 Rock fragment 

 Other 



Sample Number 



45 



46 



51 



5i 



^ 



55 



56 



89 



47 



48 



61 



6i 



61 



61 



^8 



72 



11 



7 



11 



10 



9 



5 



12 



8 



35 



36 



21 



20 



19 



16 



17 



14 



















1 















7 



9 



6 



8 



9 



18 



3 



6 



100 



Heavy Minerals 



















Opaques 



33.5 



29.5 



3.5 



23.0 



13.5 



19.5 



12.0 



7.0 



Hornblende 



2.0 



9.5 



1.5 



18.5 



16.0 



12.5 



13.0 



6.5 



Tremol ite-Acti nol ite 



5.5 



10.5 



7.5 



17.5 



27.0 



10.0 



17.5 



8.5 



Biotite 



15.5 



6.5 



74.0 



3.0 



0.5 



17.0 



2.0 



63.5 



Muscovite 



2.5 



2.0 



11.0 



1.5 







5.5 







5.5 



Olivine 



4.5 



6.0 







15.5 



7.5 



6.5 



9.0 



0.5 



Garnet 



3.0 



1.5 



0.5 



3.0 



3.0 



2.0 



3.5 



4.0 



Epidote 



23.0 



21.5 







3.0 



15.0 



19.0 



21.0 







Rutile 



1.5 



1.0 



0.5 







0.5 







0.5 







Sphene 



1.0 



6.5 



1.5 



5.5 



5.0 



2.0 



5.5 



1.0 



Green Tourmaline 



2.5 



0.5 







4.0 



7.0 



2.0 



11.0 







Brown Tourmaline 







0.5 







2.5 



1.0 







1.5 







Staurolite 



















1.0 















Zircon 



4.5 



1.5 











1.0 



2.5 







1.5 



Others 



1.0 



3.0 







3.0 



2.0 



1.5 



3.5 



2.0 



100 



20 



