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Possible chemical controls of illite/smectite composition during diagenesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

B. Velde
B. Velde*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Géologie, ER 224 CNRS, Ecole Normal Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230, Paris, France
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Abstract

Re-interpretation of the significance of phase assemblages present in two sequences of rocks having experienced similar burial diagenesis allows one to establish that the change of oxidation state of iron in sediments could have the effect of changing the smectite content of the mixed layer mineral. This is used to explain an almost isothermal change in the composition of a sequence while others do not show such a rapid change. An indicator of the reaction is seen in the composition of the chlorite present in the rocks which is iron-rich and alumina-poor compared to chlorites in rocks showing a slower rate of change in the smectite content of the mixed-layered mineral. In order to reveal such a relation, one must make an analysis of the clay mineral assemblage, especially in the number of phases present during the course of diagenesis.

Keywords

illitesmectitediagenesis
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 49 , Issue 352 , June 1985 , pp. 387 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1985

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