Radioelement and trace-element content of the Ione Formation, central California

AbstractPotassium-bentonites have been found in the Courceyan Lower Limestone Shales near Burrington Combe and Oakhill, Somerset, consisting of thin, greenish yellow, plastic clays interbedded within a mudrock and limestone sequence. Mineralogically, the clay fraction is composed of virtually monomineralic interstratified illite-smectite containing 7–10% smectite layers. The clay fraction of the surrounding mudrocks, however, consists of an illite-chlorite dominated assemblage. Their mineral composition, trace element content, and the relative abundance of zircon crystals suggest an origin from burial of montmorillonite originally formed from volcanic ash. The presence of anomalously high trace element contents with both euhedral and rounded zircon grains in the Oakhill K-bentonites suggests a secondary or reworked origin for these samples. In contrast, the presence of a non-anomalous trace element content and large (>100 μm) euhedral zircon grains suggests that the Burrington K-bentonite is primary in origin. Modelling of whole-rock rare-earth element (REE) patterns shows that the Oakhill REE pattern can be derived from the Burrington pattern by the addition of small contributions from zircon and monazite, two major heavy minerals present. These K-bentonites probably represent the oldest Carboniferous K-bentonites so far recorded in the British Isles.

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Variation in trace element content between liver lobes in cattle. How important is the sampling site?

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology ◽

10.1016/j.jtemb.2018.11.008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 53-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diego Luna ◽

Marta Miranda ◽

Víctor Pereira ◽

Marta López-Alonso

Keyword(s):

Trace Element ◽

Sampling Site ◽

Trace Element Content ◽

Element Content

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Mineral and trace element content of human transitory milk indentified with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry.

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology ◽

10.3177/jnsv.36.65 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 65-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Jia-Zhen LI ◽

Jun YOSHINAGA ◽

Tsuguyoshi SUZUKI ◽

Masao ABE ◽

Masatoshi MORITA

Keyword(s):

Trace Element ◽

Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽

Trace Element Content ◽

Atomic Emission ◽

Element Content ◽

Atomic Emission Spectrometry ◽

Emission Spectrometry ◽

Plasma Atomic Emission ◽

Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry ◽

Inductively Coupled

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Using trace element content and lead isotopic composition to assess sources of PM in Tijuana, Mexico

Atmospheric Environment ◽

10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.02.041 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 132 ◽

pp. 171-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

D. Salcedo ◽

T. Castro ◽

J.P. Bernal ◽

V. Almanza-Veloz ◽

M. Zavala ◽

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Keyword(s):

Isotopic Composition ◽

Trace Element ◽

Trace Element Content ◽

Element Content ◽

Lead Isotopic Composition

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Tephrostratigraphy and Magma Evolution Based on Combined Zircon Trace Element and U-Pb Age Data: Fingerprinting Miocene Silicic Pyroclastic Rocks in the Pannonian Basin

Frontiers in Earth Science ◽

10.3389/feart.2021.615768 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Réka Lukács ◽

Marcel Guillong ◽

Olivier Bachmann ◽

László Fodor ◽

Szabolcs Harangi

Keyword(s):

Trace Element ◽

Partition Coefficients ◽

Pannonian Basin ◽

Trace Element Content ◽

Element Content ◽

Published Data ◽

Concentration Data ◽

Pyroclastic Deposits ◽

Silicic Volcanic ◽

Melt Composition

We present a novel approach to use zircon as a correlation tool as well as a monitor for magma reservoir processes in silicic volcanic systems. Fingerprinting eruption products based on trace element content and U-Pb dates of zircon offers a promising, previously underestimated tephra correlation perspective, particularly in cases where the main minerals and glass are altered. Using LA-ICP-MS analyses, a rapid and cost-effective method, this study presents U-Pb dates and trace element concentration data of more than 950 zircon crystals from scattered occurrences of early to mid-Miocene silicic ignimbrites in the northern Pannonian Basin, eastern-central Europe. This magmatic phase produced >4000 km3 of erupted material, which provide unique stratigraphic marker horizons in central and southern Europe. The newly determined zircon U-Pb eruption ages for the distal pyroclastic deposits are between 17.5 and 14.3 Ma, comparable with the previously published ages of the main eruptive events. Multivariate discriminant analysis of selected trace element concentrations in zircon proved to be useful to distinguish the main volcanic units and to correlate the previously ambiguously categorized pyroclastic deposits with them. Using the zircon trace element content together with published glass data from crystal-poor ignimbrites, we determined the zircon/melt partition coefficients. The obtained values of the distinct eruption units are very similar and comparable to published data for silicic volcanic systems. This suggests that zircon/melt partition coefficients in calc-alkaline dacitic to rhyolitic systems are not significantly influenced by the melt composition at >70 wt% SiO2 at near solidus temperature. The partition coefficients and zircon trace element data were used to calculate the equilibrium melt composition, which characterizes the eruption products even where glass is thoroughly altered or missing. Hence, our results provide important proxies for tephrostratigraphy in addition to yielding insights into the complex processes of silicic magma reservoirs.

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