| Autor: |
Bokanda Ekoko Eric, Philip Fralick, Bisse Salomon Betrant, Ashukem Ethel Nkongho, Belinga Belinga Cedric, Bokanda Frankline Besonge, Ligbwah Victor Wotanie, Chin Thiery Berinyuy, Ekomane Emile |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Solid Earth Sciences, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 237-246 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2451-912X |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.sesci.2022.07.001 |
| Popis: |
The shales of the Mamfe basin were geochemically analyzed to determine their paleosalinity and hydrothermal characteristics which existed at the time of their deposition. Elemental ratios such as boron/gallium (B/Ga), strontium/barium (Sr/Ba), and total sulphur/total organic carbon (S/TOC) and TOC/S were applied for paleosalinity reconstruction. The shales of the Mamfe basin show B/Ga is 6 the values of the elemental ratio show that the Mamfe shales were deposited in a freshwater environment. For hydrothermal activities ratio, Sc/Cr was used and Binary diagrams TOC vs P and Co/Zn vs TOC were constructed to discriminate between normal water, mixed and hydrothermal influence. The Sc/Cr ratio was greater than 0.14 indicating that the shales in the Mamfe basin were deposited in a normal water environment with no influence from hydrothermal processes. The binary discriminant diagram of TOC vs P and Co/Zn vs TOC shows that all the shales were not influenced by any hydrothermal processes during the time of their deposition. |
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