Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 55, No. 3, 260–283, 2007.
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Authors
Drits, Victor A.
Lindgreen, Holger
Sakharov, Boris A.
Jakobsen, Hans Jørgen
Fallic, Anthony E.
Salyn, Alfred L.
Dainyak, Lidia G.
Zviagina, Bella B.
Barfod, Dan N.
Issue Date
2007
Type
Article
Language
Keywords
Periodicals , Geology , Burial Diagenesis , Greenland , Illite-smectite , Oil-source Rocks , Tobelite
Alternative Title
Formation And Transformation Of Mixed-layer Minerals By Tertiary Intrusives In Cretaceous Mudstones, West Greenland
Abstract
In the Nuussuaq Basin, West Greenland, a thick succession of Tertiary dolerites has penetrated Upper Cretaceous mudstone. The mixed-layer minerals of mudstone core samples have been analyzed by X-ray diffraction, solid-state 29Si and 27Al magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance, Mo¨ssbauer and infrared spectroscopies, thermal analysis, chemical analysis, stable isotopes (18O/16O), and K/Ar dating. The mixed-layer minerals include for each sample two mixed-layer phases consisting of pyrophyllite, margarite, paragonite, tobelite, illite, smectite and vermiculite layers. The main, 80 m thick intrusion resulted in the formation of pyrophyllite, margarite, paragonite and tobelite layers. However, the tobelite layers are absent in samples <21 m from this intrusion. Furthermore, chlorite was formed and kaolinite destroyed in samples adjacent to minor intrusions and at distances <60 m from the large intrusion. For the first time, the detailed, complex mixed-layer structures formed during contact metamorphism of kaolinitic, oil-forming mudstones have been investigated accurately. The formation of tobelite layers reveals that oil formation has taken place during contact metamorphism. Furthermore, K/Ar dating of mixed-layer minerals from shale indicates that the intrusives are of early Eocene age. The 80 m thick intrusive is responsible for the main mixed-layer transformations, whereas two thin (3 m and 0.5 m thick) intrusions contribute little. Thus, the detailed mixed-layer investigation has contributed significantly to the understanding of the regional geology and the contact metamorphic processes.
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Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 55, No. 3, 260–283, 2007. Formation And Transformation Of Mixed-layer Minerals By Tertiary Intrusives In Cretaceous Mudstones, West Greenland. Victor A. Drits; Holger Lindgreen; Boris A. Sakharov; Hans Jørgen Jakobsen; Anthony E. Fallic; Alfred L. Salyn; Lidia G. Dainyak; Bella B. Zviagina; Dan N. Barfod. DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2007.0550304. Copyright © 2007, The Clay Minerals Society
Citation
Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 55, No. 3, 260–283, 2007.
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The Clay Minerals Society
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Copyright © 2006-2018, The Clay Minerals Society