Clay mineral diagenesis

FIoeve, J. Quirt, D.FI. 1984. Mineralization and Flost Rock Alteration in Relation to Clay Mineral Diagenesis and Evolution of the Middle- Proterozoic, Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Saskatchewan Research Council, SRC Technical Report 187, 187 p. 

BUCKE (D.P.) and MANKIN (C.J.), 1971. Clay-mineral diagenesis within... 

TRIPPLEHORN (D.M.), 1970. Clay mineral diagenesis in Atoka (Penn) sandstones Crawford County, Ark. Journ. Sed. Petr. 40, 838-847. 

Clay mineral diagenesis also may play a role in dolomite formation during burial. The commonly observed conversion of smectites to illite can result in the release of the magnesium necessary for dolomite formation (e.g., McHargue and Price, 1982). Dolomite formation is observed near and within shale beds however, this process again appears to be a localized mechanism and probably is incapable of producing large quantities of dolomite. 

Jones B. E. (1986) Clay mineral diagenesis in lacustrine sediments. In Studies in Diagenesis, (ed. E. A. Mumpton). US Geol Surv. Bull. vol. 1578, pp. 291-300. 

Jones B. F. and Spencer R. J. (1999) Clay mineral diagenesis at Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. 5th International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth s Surface, Reykjavik, Iceland. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 293-297. 

Towe K. M. (1962) Clay mineral diagenesis as a possible source of silica cement in sedimentary rocks. J. Sedim. 

The idea that clay mineral diagenesis and particularly the iUitization of smectite might be an important source of authigenic silica have been previously discussed (Siever 1962 Towe 1962 Keller 1963 Fuchtbauer 1967 Dunoyer De Segonzac et al. 1968 Burst 1969 Perry and Hower 1970 Hower and Eslinger 1973 Schmidt 1973 Yeh and Savin 1973 McBride 1989). Hower et al. (1976) and Blatt (1979) also confirmed that dis-... 

Nelson, B. W., 1963. Clay mineral diagenesis in the Rappahannock estuary an explanation. Clays Clay Min. 13 210. 

W. D. KeUer, "Diagenesis of Clay Minerals—A Review," Proceedings of the 11th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals, 1962, Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 1963. 

Table III summarizes the parameters that affect Brrfnsted acid-catalyzed surface reactions. The range of reaction conditions investigated varies widely, from extreme dehydration at high temperatures in studies on the use of clay minerals as industrial catalysts, to fully saturated at ambient temperatures. Table IV lists reactions that have been shown or suggested to be promoted by Br nsted acidity of clay mineral surfaces along with representative examples. Studies have been concerned with the hydrolysis of organophosphate pesticides (70-72), triazines (73), or chemicals which specifically probe neutral, acid-, and base-catalyzed hydrolysis (74). Other reactions have been studied in the context of diagenesis or catagenesis of biological markers (22-24) or of chemical synthesis using clays as the catalysts (34, 36). Mechanistic interpretations of such reactions can be found in the comprehensive review by Solomon and Hawthorne (37).

Weathered fragments of continental crust comprise the bulk of marine sediments. These particles are primarily detrital silicates, with clay minerals being the most abmidant mineral type. Clay minerals are transported into the ocean by river runoff, winds, and ice rafting. Some are authigenic, being produced on and in the seafloor as a consequence of volcanic activity, diagenesis and metagenesis. 

Reverse weathering is thought to occur during halmyrolysis, diagenesis, and catagenesis as clay minerals react with the major ions, bicarbonate, and DSi in seawater. The nature of these reactions is not well known. Their general form is thought to be... 

DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (D.), 1970. The transformation of clay minerals during diagenesis and low-grade metamorphism—a review. Sedimentology 15. 281-346. 

JOHNS (W.D.) and SHIMOYAMA (A.), 1972. Clay minerals and petroleum-forming reactions during burial diagenesis. Bull. Arne. Assoc. Pet. Geol. 56. 

Perry. L. and Hower, J., 1970. Burial diagenesis in Gulf Coast pelitic sediments. Clays Clay Miner., 18 165-177. 

Rateev, M.A., 1963. Modification degree of clay minerals during the stage of sedimentation and diagenesis of marine deposits. Int. Clay Conf, Stockholm, 2 171-180. 

Michalopoulos, P., Aller, R.C., and Reeder, R. (2000) Conversion of diatoms to clay minerals during early diagenesis in tropical, continental shelf muds. Geology 28, 1095-1098. 

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