Oxygen-isotope, X-ray-diffraction and scanning-electron-microscope examinations of authigenic-layer-silicate minerals from Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones in the Michigan Basin
Open-File Report 93-103
- By:
- K.F. Zacharias, D.F. Sibley, D.B. Westjohn, and T. L. Weaver
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Abstract
Oxygen-isotope compositions of authigenic-layer silicates (<2-micrometer fraction) extracted from Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan were determined. Petrographic and scanning-electron-microscope examinations, and X-ray diffractograms show that chlorite and kaolinite are the most common authigenic-layer silicates in Mississippian sandstones. The range of oxygen-isotope compositions of chlorite and kaolinite are +10.3 to +11.9 and +12.9 to +19.3 pars per thousand (per mil) (relative to Standard Mean Ocean Water), respectively. Kaolinite is the only authigenic-isotopic compositions of kaolinite range from +16.8 to +19.0 per mil.
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- Publication type:
- Report
- Publication Subtype:
- USGS Numbered Series
- Title:
- Oxygen-isotope, X-ray-diffraction and scanning-electron-microscope examinations of authigenic-layer-silicate minerals from Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones in the Michigan Basin
- Series title:
- Open-File Report
- Series number:
- 93-103
- Year Published:
- 1993
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Publisher location:
- Lansing, MI
- Contributing office(s):
- Michigan Water Science Center
- Description:
- iv, 15 p.
- Country:
- United States
- State:
- Michigan
- Other Geospatial:
- Michigan Basin