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Smectite to Illite Conversion in Bentonites and Shales of the East Slovak Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

V. Šucha ,
I. Kraust ,
H. Gerthofferová ,
J. Peteš  and
M. Sereková
V. Šucha
Affiliation:
Geological Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 842 26 Bratislava
I. Kraust
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina D, Bratislava, Slovakia
H. Gerthofferová
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina D, Bratislava, Slovakia
J. Peteš
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina D, Bratislava, Slovakia
M. Sereková
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina D, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Abstract

The conversion of smectite to illite has been studied in buried bentonites and shales of the East Slovak Neogene Basin, using X-ray diffraction analysis and transmission electron microscopy. A good correlation was observed in both rock types between the content of expandable layers in interstratified illite-smectite (I-S) minerals and burial depth (temperature), with shales from a given depth being markedly more illitic than bentonties. This difference disappeared at a depth of ~3 km, which represents a temperature of ~150°C The diameter of fundamental illite particles increased with decreasing expandability. Potassium fixation together with neoformation appear to be the mechanisms of conversion of smectite to illite.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 243 - 253
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1993

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