Geochemical variations in Solimões formation sediments (Acre basin, Western Amazonia)

Autor: Β. I. Kronberg, J. R. Franco, R. Ε. Benchimol, G. Hazenberg, W. Doherty, A. VanderVoet
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Acta Amazonica, Vol 19, Pp 319-333 (1989)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0044-5967
1809-4392
DOI: 10.1590/1809-43921989191333
Popis: SUMMARYMajor mineral, major element and minor element compositions are documented for a suite of drill core sediment samples representing a ~350m profile through the Solimões Formation sediments (Western Amazonia). Major element compositions are quantified using a chemical index of alteration (CIA) in order to asses the degree of weathering. Significant variations in CIA values throughout the profile, as well as abrupt changes between overlying, suggest that during the generation and deposition of thes sediments there were rapid changes in the ambient tectonic setting.
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