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Clay mineralogy of Galician coastal and oceanic surface sediments: contributions from terrigenous and authigenic sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

M. J. Belzunce-Segarra ,
M. J. Wilson ,
A. R. Fraser ,
E. Lachowski  and
D. M. L. Duthie
M. J. Belzunce-Segarra*
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, CraigiebucklerAberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
M. J. Wilson
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, CraigiebucklerAberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
A. R. Fraser
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, CraigiebucklerAberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
E. Lachowski
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
D. M. L. Duthie
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, CraigiebucklerAberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
*
*E-mail: j.belzunce@pas.azti.es
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Abstract

The clay mineralogy of sediments collected from the San Simón inlet, the Ría de Vigo, the Galician Platform, the Galician Margin and the Celtic Sea has been studied using XRD, IR and TEM with a microanalytical attachment. All samples consisted largely of dioctahedral mica and kaolin minerals, in addition to significant amounts of gibbsite, chloritic and smectitic minerals. The clay mineralogy of the sediments is generally consistent with terrigenous inputs from soils and weathered rocks of the Galician granitic hinterland. It is of particular interest that gibbsite, which is not a common constituent of soils of temperate climates, has previously been shown to occur in weathering profiles in this region and may therefore be regarded as an indicator of ‘‘continentality’’, as suggested by Macías Vásquez and co-workers. The smectitic mineral is Fe-rich and also contains significant amounts of K. This mineral is likely to be ultimately of an authigenic origin and may possibly be important as a precursor mineral in a diffuse, non-granular glauconitization process.

Keywords

Galician platformCeltic Seaclay mineralogyXRDIRTEM
Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 23 - 37
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2002

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