The use of lattice defects in quartz to determine provenance and conditions for the formation of sedimentary deposits (using the example of quartz from sedimentary rocks of the Central Kyzylkum)
https://doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2022-22-1-39-54
Abstract
Research subject. The composition and distribution patterns of lattice defects in the clastic quartz of sedimentary rocks.
Material and methods. Quartz collected from the core of two wells uncovering the Neogene, Paleogene and Cretaceous deposits in the rocks of the Central Kyzylkum. The registration and determination of the concentrations of lattice defects in detrital quartz were carried out by the EPR spectroscopy. Their stability in quartz under natural conditions was evaluated by comparing the concentrations of lattice defects in the near-surface and deep zones of quartz grains. The etching of quartz grains in HF was used to study the spatial location of lattice defects in the mineral. The genetic analysis of detrital quartz was carried out using the methods tested in the study of quartz from crystalline rocks.
Results. The presence of substitutional Al, Ti, and Ge impurities, radiation induced E1-, Al–O−- and Ti-centers, as well as other paramagnetic centers possessing genetic information was found in quartz. The distribution of substitutional impurities in clastic quartz is close to their original distribution formed at the time of the mineral formation. This creates the prerequisites for identifying genetically similar quartz samples and attributing them to the certain provenance. The formation of sedimentary rocks of the Central Kyzylkum occurred due to two main provenance sources of terrigenous material. The expediency of using radiation induced centers with different thermal stability for studying the radiation prehistory of quartz and the conditions for the formation of uranium deposits is demonstrated.
Conclusion. The clastic quartz of sedimentary deposits retains the main part of the genetically significant lattice defects formed during crystallisation. The most important of them are Al, Ti, and Ge isomorphic impurities. The regularities of their distribution, along with the distribution of radiation induced lattice defects in quartz, are able to carry information about the provenance of detrital material and the conditions of sedimentation and associated formation of mineral deposits.
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 19-05-00476)
About the Author
L. T. Rakov
Institute of geology of ore deposits, petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry IGEM of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
5 Staromonetnyi lane, Moscow 119017
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Rakov L.T. The use of lattice defects in quartz to determine provenance and conditions for the formation of sedimentary deposits (using the example of quartz from sedimentary rocks of the Central Kyzylkum). LITHOSPHERE (Russia). 2022;22(1):39-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2022-22-1-39-54
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