Mineralogy of parent rock and peaty-podzolic soil of Iremel Ridge, Southern Urals

The mineralogy of soils and parent rocks of the Iremel Ridge has been studied by the methods of micromorphology, laser diffraction, computed X-ray microtomography, and X-ray fluorescence analysis. In hard rock and soil, the major minerals have been identified: quartz, illite, and a chlorite-group mi...

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Published in:Eurasian soil science 2017-08, Vol.50 (8), p.961-970
Main Authors: Khalitov, R. M., Perova, E. N., Abakumov, E. V., Suleimanov, R. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Chlorite
Clay
Clay minerals
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Fluorescence
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Illite
Illites
Kaolinite
Lasers
Mineralogy
Minerals
Monazite
Peatlands
Podzolic soils
Quartz
Rocks
Rutile
Soil
Soil layers
Soil mineralogy
Soil Mineralogy and Micromorphology
Soils
X ray fluorescence analysis
X ray microtomography
X-ray diffraction
X-ray fluorescence
X-ray spectroscopy
Xenotime
Zircon
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Summary:The mineralogy of soils and parent rocks of the Iremel Ridge has been studied by the methods of micromorphology, laser diffraction, computed X-ray microtomography, and X-ray fluorescence analysis. In hard rock and soil, the major minerals have been identified: quartz, illite, and a chlorite-group mineral (Fe analogue of sudoite), as well as accessory minerals: monazite, xenotime, rutile, zircon, and florencite. It has been found that chlorite, illite, and quartz are present in all horizons of the studied peaty-podzolic soil. Insignificant amounts of mixed-layered mineral and kaolinite could be suggested in the T and EL horizons of peaty-podzolic soil. The mixed-layered mineral is most probably of soil origin, which is related to the transformation of illites inherited from the parent rock under acidic conditions.
ISSN:1064-2293
1556-195X
DOI:10.1134/S1064229317080063