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Diagenesis-very low-grade metamorphism of clastic Cambrian and Ordovician sedimentary rocks in the Iberian Range (Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

B. Bauluz ,
C. Fernandez-Nieto  and
J. M. Gonzalez Lopez
B. Bauluz
Affiliation:
Area de Cristalografia y Mineralogia. Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
C. Fernandez-Nieto
Affiliation:
Area de Cristalografia y Mineralogia. Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J. M. Gonzalez Lopez
Affiliation:
Area de Cristalografia y Mineralogia. Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Abstract

Cambrian and Ordovician pelites and greywakes from the Iberian Range were studied using XRD, EMPA and AEM/TEM techniques, lllite and chlorite are the main phases in Cambrian <2 µm fractions. Illites show crystallinities (IC) from 0.28 to 0.23°2θ the 2M1 is almost the only polytype; they do not have expandable layers, and they are heterogeneous in composition. Chlorites show two compositional types, both containing variable proportions of smectite-like layers. Clinochtores growing over bedding surfaces are also present. An evolutionary trend from anchizone to near the anchizone-epizone limit has been proposed for Cambrian samples.

In the Ordovician <2 µm fractions, illites are associated with minor chlorites and kaolinites. The ICs range from 0.68-0.28°2θ the 2M1 polytype dominates over 1M, and it is associated with illitesmectite mixed-layering (R3 ordering). An evolutionary trend from diagenesis to low grade anchizone has been inferred.

Chemical analyses of coarser detrital micas indicate muscovite and phengite compositions. The compositional heterogeneity exhibited by authigenic and detrital phases suggests that chemical equilibrium was not attained.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 373 - 393
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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