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El feldespato de potasio autogénico en carbonatos cámbricos: evidencia de la migración de la salmuera de Alleghanian
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 28, 1985
Resumen
El feldespato de potasio autogénico en las calizas del Cámbrico se formó a bajas temperaturas a partir de salmueras salinas. Este proceso, vinculado al plegamiento de Alleghanian, probablemente ocurrió a través de la cuenca de los Apalaches.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Petrología Sedimentaria.
- Geocronología de isótopos Geocronología de isótopos.
Sus antecedentes:
- El feldespato de potasio autogénico es abundante en rocas carbonatadas del Cámbrico y Ordovícico de los Apalaches.
- Comprender su formación es clave para descifrar la historia de los fluidos de la cuenca.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el origen y el momento de la formación autogénica de feldespato de potasio en la piedra caliza de Conococheague.
- Evaluar el papel de las salmueras connatas y los eventos tectónicos en la génesis del feldespato.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de inclusiones de fluidos para cristales hijas de halita.
- Determinación de las proporciones de cloro y bromo de la roca entera.
- Análisis de datos termoquímicos.
- Espectro de edad argón-argon para la datación del feldespato.
Principales resultados:
- La evidencia sugiere la formación a baja temperatura de feldespato de potasio a partir de reacciones entre salmueras connatas y material siliciclástico.
- Los cristales hijas de halita y las bajas relaciones Cl/Br indican orígenes de fluidos salinos.
- La datación por argón sitúa la formación de feldespato en el Pensilvanio Tardío hasta el Permiano Temprano.
- Formación probablemente relacionada con la migración de salmuera durante el plegamiento de Alleghanian.
Conclusiones:
- El feldespato de potasio autogénico en la piedra caliza de Conococheague se formó a bajas temperaturas a través de interacciones salmo-siliciclásticas.
- El plegamiento de Alleghanian probablemente movilizó estas salmueras.
- Este proceso puede estar muy extendido en las rocas carbonatadas del Cámbrico-Ordoviciano de los Apalaches.
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