Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)

An exceptional record of Jurassic glauconitic laminated crusts is reported from veins of spaces among pillow-lava bodies in the Middle Subbetic (Betic Cordillera). The veins are composed by green crusts with planar (<36 mm thick), columnar (<130 mm length) and oncoid-like morphologies growing...

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Authors: Reolid, Matías; Abad, Isabel
Format: Article
Publication date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7795
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7795
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Clay minerals
Hydrothermal alteration
Jurassic
Middle Subbetic
Minerales de la arcilla
Alteración hidrotermal
Jurásico
Subbético Medio
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description An exceptional record of Jurassic glauconitic laminated crusts is reported from veins of spaces among pillow-lava bodies in the Middle Subbetic (Betic Cordillera). The veins are composed by green crusts with planar (<36 mm thick), columnar (<130 mm length) and oncoid-like morphologies growing from the pillow-lava walls. Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of the green crusts led us to identify lath-like crystals of glauconite and minority filmy veil-like smectites (saponite and beidellite), calcite and iron oxides. The composition of clay minerals and their association with carbonates reveal whether the alteration occurred under oxidizing or reducing conditions. The main phase of hydrothermal alteration occurred under low temperature oxidizing conditions with a high sea-water/rock ratio, in an open-circulation regime, with precipitation of glauconite. The late phase of alteration is typified by the formation of saponite and calcite, and took place under confined conditions due to the burial of pillow-lava by marine sediment
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spelling Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain) Costras laminadas glauconíticas de depósitos de lavas almohadilladas del Jurásico (Cordillera Bética, Sur de España) Reolid, Matías Abad, Isabel Clay minerals Hydrothermal alteration Jurassic Middle Subbetic Minerales de la arcilla Alteración hidrotermal Jurásico Subbético Medio An exceptional record of Jurassic glauconitic laminated crusts is reported from veins of spaces among pillow-lava bodies in the Middle Subbetic (Betic Cordillera). The veins are composed by green crusts with planar (<36 mm thick), columnar (<130 mm length) and oncoid-like morphologies growing from the pillow-lava walls. Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of the green crusts led us to identify lath-like crystals of glauconite and minority filmy veil-like smectites (saponite and beidellite), calcite and iron oxides. The composition of clay minerals and their association with carbonates reveal whether the alteration occurred under oxidizing or reducing conditions. The main phase of hydrothermal alteration occurred under low temperature oxidizing conditions with a high sea-water/rock ratio, in an open-circulation regime, with precipitation of glauconite. The late phase of alteration is typified by the formation of saponite and calcite, and took place under confined conditions due to the burial of pillow-lava by marine sediment http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7795
spellingShingle Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
Reolid, Matías
Clay minerals
Hydrothermal alteration
Jurassic
Middle Subbetic
Minerales de la arcilla
Alteración hidrotermal
Jurásico
Subbético Medio
title Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
title_full Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
title_fullStr Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
title_short Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
title_sort Glauconitic laminated crusts from Jurassic pillow-lava deposits (Betic Cordillera, South Spain)
topic Clay minerals
Hydrothermal alteration
Jurassic
Middle Subbetic
Minerales de la arcilla
Alteración hidrotermal
Jurásico
Subbético Medio
topic_facet Clay minerals
Hydrothermal alteration
Jurassic
Middle Subbetic
Minerales de la arcilla
Alteración hidrotermal
Jurásico
Subbético Medio
url http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7795