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Mineralogical and trace element composition of clay-sized fractions from Albian siliciclastic rocks (Oliete Basin, NE Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

J. M. González López ,
B. Bauluz ,
A. Yuste ,
M. J. Mayayo  and
C. Fernández-Nieto
J. M. González López
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50.009, Zaragoza, Spain
B. Bauluz*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50.009, Zaragoza, Spain
A. Yuste
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50.009, Zaragoza, Spain
M. J. Mayayo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50.009, Zaragoza, Spain
*
E-mail: bauluz@unizar.es
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Abstract

Mineralogical and geochemical techniques have been used to determine the role of minerals in controlling the trace element composition of a set of clay-sized fractions from Albian siliciclastic rocks in NE Spain. These clay-sized fractions are composed of kaolinite and illite, minor quantities of quartz, and accessory heavy minerals. Kaolinite has a smaller crystal size than illite, accounting for its relative concentration in these fractions. The µm-sized heavy minerals are rutile, Fe-Ti- and Fe-oxides, zircon, pyrite, cassiterite, monazite and xenotime. Geochemical data indicate that most of the trace elements are relatively concentrated in clay-sized fractions, except for Zr, Hf, Y and HREE. Statistical treatment shows three different associations in the clay-sized fractions: (1) Rb, Cs and Ba with clay phyllosilicates, especially illite; (2) REE with Th, Y and P phases; and (3) Sc, Cr and V with Ti- and Nb oxides. Therefore, these data do not support the dominant REE control by clay mineralogy that other authors have reported.

Keywords

clay fractionsgeochemistryheavy mineralsillitekaolinitemineralogytrace elements
Type
Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 565 - 580
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2005

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