Mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry of sediments used in pollutant sorption experiments

KOUBOVÁ, Magdaléna, Josef ZEMAN and Pavel MÜLLER. Mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry of sediments used in pollutant sorption experiments. Bulletin of Geosciences. Praha: Czech geological survey, 2003, vol. 78, No 3, p. 163-168. ISSN 1214-1119.

Basic information

• Original name: Mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry of sediments used in pollutant sorption experiments
• Authors: KOUBOVÁ, Magdaléna (203 Czech Republic), Josef ZEMAN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Pavel MÜLLER (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Bulletin of Geosciences, Praha, Czech geological survey, 2003, 1214-1119.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: Geochemistry
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/03:00008999
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: soil; lake bottom sediment; sandstone; clay minerals; smectite; illite; kaolinite; chlorite; carbonate cement
• Tags: carbonate cement, chlorite, clay minerals, illite, kaolinite, lake bottom sediment, sandstone, smectite, soil

Abstract

Sediments from the bottom of the Horní Bečva Reservoir(HBS2,HBS6,HBV4)contain identical mineral phases andvaryinclaycontents(HBS2 1wt%,HBV4 18.5wt%).Withtheincreasingclayamount,thecontentsofFe-oxyhydroxidesandorganicmatteralsoincrease.Claymineralsinlakebottomsedimentsarerepresentedmainlybykaolinite(K),chlorite(C)andmixed-layerillite/smectite(I/S)withexpandabilityofca.40%S[(K>C)=I/S].NeogeneargillaceousandsiltysandstonefromStaréMěsto(SMA)comprisesthehighestamountofclayfraction(31wt%).Phyllosilicates,especiallysmectiteandkaolinite(S=K),surroundtherock-formingminerals.H(Hevlín)and Žd(Ždánice)PaleogeneandNeogenesiltysandstonescontaincarbonatecement(dolomite>calcite).ThedominantclaymineralinbothsandstonesisI/Swithexpandabilityofca.95%S.TheHsamplecontainsalsoaconsiderableamountofchloriteanddiscreteillite(S>C>Id). Žd samplecompriseslesskaolinitepluschloriteanddiscreteillite[S>(K>C)>Id].ThesoilhorizonfromLelekovice(Le4)istypicalinthepresenceofcarbonates,weatheredamphibolesandepidoteminerals(derivedfromametabasitesource),inhighercontentsofclayfraction(15wt%),organicmatterandFe-oxyhydroxides.ThemainclaymineralinsampleLe4ismixed-layerillite/smectitewithexpandabilityaround65%Sandkaolinite(I/S>K).ThesoilhorizonfromČervenohorskésedloSaddle(SČS5)istypicalintheabsenceoffeldspars,inthehighcontentofmuscoviteandbiotite(derivedfrommicaschists)andinthehighestamountoforganicmatterandFe-oxyhydroxides. Clay minerals of this sample include mostly discrete illite; chlorite and kaolinite are less abundant (Id > C > K).

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