Dolomite cation order in the geological record
Dolomite is a carbonate mineral frequently found in sedimentary rocks from Proterozoic to Holocene. In the Iberian Peninsula, dolomites appear in a wide number of geological formations and they can be considered as representative of dolomites crystallised in most (post)sedimentary environments on Ea...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/6309 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6309 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 548.5 Dolomite Iberian Peninsula Geological record Cation ordering Crystallite size Dissolution-crystallisation X-ray Powder Diffraction Cristalografía (Geología) |
| Sumario: | Dolomite is a carbonate mineral frequently found in sedimentary rocks from Proterozoic to Holocene. In the Iberian Peninsula, dolomites appear in a wide number of geological formations and they can be considered as representative of dolomites crystallised in most (post)sedimentary environments on Earth. In this paper, we present a first systematic study of the cation order of dolomites formed from Neoproterozoic to late Holocene. We found that the lowest values of cation order (quantified by measuring I01.5/I11.0 intensity ratios on diffractograms) mainly correspond to dolomites formed in about the last 30 Myr. In contrast, older dolomites usually reach maximum I01.5/I11.0 intensity ratios. Furthermore, higher values of cation order seem to be related to higher values of the full width half maximum of 10.4 diffraction peaks (FWHM10.4). Assuming that a decrease in FWHM10.4 (i.e. an increase in the crystallite size) in sedimentary environments indicates mineral ripening, our results show that Mg-Ca ordering in dolomites might take place mainly by a dissolution-(re)crystallisation ageing process operating over large geological periods. |
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