The mobility and distribution of heavy metals during the formation of first cycle red beds
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Abstract
Holocene-Pliocene sequence sampled in northern Baja California. Geochemical data supported by petrographic, X-ray, and SEM observations of mineralogical transformations, fission-track radiography, and uranium decay series measurements. Results indicate that metal content of the studied samples is inherited from constituent detrital minerals and that reddening of whole-rock samples does not promote major open-system migration of heavy metals. The amount of secondary iron oxides and the fraction of whole-rock metals associated with the oxides increase during red-bed development. Results suggest that developed red beds which are well flushed by suitable pore fluids may be sources of significant quantities of heavy metals.
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Zielinski, R.A., Bloch, S., Walker, T., 1983, The mobility and distribution of heavy metals during the formation of first cycle red beds: Economic Geology, v. 78, no. 8, p. 1574-1589, https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.78.8.1574.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The mobility and distribution of heavy metals during the formation of first cycle red beds |
| Series title | Economic Geology |
| DOI | 10.2113/gsecongeo.78.8.1574 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication Date | December 01, 1983 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Economic Geologists |
| Description | 16 p. |
| First page | 1574 |
| Last page | 1589 |