International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 359 cored sediments from eight borehole locations in the carbonate platform of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. The expedition set out to unravel the timing of Neogene climate changes, in particular the evolution of the South Asian monsoon and fluctuations of the sea level. The timing of these changes are assessed by dating resultant sedimentary alteratio...
Talc is a plate-like layered structure magnesium silicate mineral, in which the octahedral brucite layer is sandwiched between two tetrahedral silica sheets. Many reports have indicated an improvement in performance after a polymer matrix was reinforced with talc filler [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5]. However, it has been widely recognized that the filler nature of talc influences its reinforcement ability, dependi...