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Transformations and neoformations of clay in the cryogenic environment: examples from Transbaikalia (Siberia) and Patagonia (Argentina) (1998)

VOGT, T. ; LARQUÉ, P.

Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd

European journal of soil science 49 (1998), S. 0

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ISSN: 1365-2389

Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Topics: Geosciences , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition

Notes: Permafrost desiccates and indurates soil horizons. During summer, the perennially frozen ground under the active thawed layer creates confined conditions, Whereas in winter the closed system between the permafrost and the freezing front migrating downwards leads to irreversible changes in the soil structure and to transformation and neoformation of minerals. Two examples were studied by field observation and laboratory analyses (optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, transmission electron microscopy and analytical electron microscopy). In Transbaikalia (southeastern Siberia) a Pleistocene cryogenic slope deposit on syenite contains detrital clays (chlorite, illite), but neoformed ferroan smectites dominate. In Patagonia, centimetre-sized silica concretions containing spongy and spheroidal opal occur in alluvium ascribed to cold Pleistocene periods. They seem to have formed from primary detrital smectite that was transformed to fibrous clay (sepiolite) then to acicular opal, and eventually to spheroidal opal. The neoformed opal contains 27% magnesium. These features occur systematically within fossil cryoturbations not related to present conditions. It appears that clay transformation and neoformation can happen at temperatures far lower than 0°C.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2389.1998.4930367.x

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Geology of Macdonald Seamount region, Austral Islands: Recent hotspot volcanism in the south Pacific (1989)

Stoffers, P. ; Botz, R. ; Cheminée, J. -L. ; [et al.]

Springer

Marine geophysical researches 11 (1989), S. 101-112

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ISSN: 1573-0581

Keywords: volcanology ; hotspot ; Pacific ; Macdonald ; petrology ; Austral Islands

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Geosciences , Physics

Notes: Abstract The southeastern extension of the Austral Islands volcanic chain terminates near 29°S, 140°W at the active Macdonald Seamount. The ‘hotspot’ region near Macdonald consists of at least five other volcanic edifices each more than 500 m high, included in an area about 50–100 km in diameter. On the basis of the sea-floor topography, the southeastern limit of the hotspot area is located about 20 km east of the base of Macdonald, where it is defined by the 3950 m isobath. At the edge of the hotspot area, there is a marked deepening of the seafloor from c.3900 m down to 4000–4300 m. The deeper sea-floor is faulted and heavily sedimented. The Macdonald volcano itself stands 3760 m above the surrounding seafloor, and has a basal diameter of 45 km. Its summit in January 1987 was 39 m below sea level, and it seems likely that Macdonald will emerge at the surface in the near future. Recent (March and November 1986) phreatic explosions on Macdonald Seamount erupted fragments of ultramafic and mafic plutonic blocks together with basic lapilli (volcaniclastic sand). The plutonic blocks have been variably altered and metamorphosed, and in some cases show signs of mineralisation (disseminated sulphides). The blocks presumably come from deeper levels in the volcanic system. The volcanics so far dredged from Macdonald consist of olivine and clinopyroxene cumulus-enriched basalts, evolved basalts, and mugearite. On the basis of incompatible element variations, simple crystal fractionation seems to be controlling the chemical evolution of Macdonald magmas.