Geochemistry of beach sands along the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Implication for provenance

Armstrong‐Altrin, John S.; Lee, Yong Il; Kasper‐Zubillaga, Juan José; Carranza‐Edwards, Arturo; García, Daniel; Eby, G. Nelson; Balaram, V.; Cruz-Ortiz, Norma Liliana

doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2012.07.003

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“…In the current study, the sediment samples are comparatively enriched in K 2 O and Rb contents, with values that range from 2.26 to 3.37 ppm and from 62.8 to 116 ppm, respectively. In concordance with the findings of Armstrong-Altrin et al [28], the K 2 O and Rb values in the analysed sediment samples suggest a felsic igneous rock source. Previous studies show that REEs and Th occur in higher concentrations in felsic as compared with mafic igneous rocks.…”

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“…Elevated contents of Cr and Ni in sediments have also been used to infer an ultramafic source composition by previous workers [11,28,47,48,49]. According to Armstrong-Altrin et al [28], the increase in Cr and Ni contents from Playa-Azul to Teculutla to Nautla sands, which corresponds to an increasing order in the Cr/ Ni ratios, represents a more mafic source rock composition for the Nautla sand as compared with the other sands on the western Gulf of Mexico beach. There is similarity in the REE patterns obtained for the analysed sediments, and this is a sign that they are probably sourced from the same parent rocks.…”

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“…Al 2 O 3 / TiO 2 ratios, in earlier studies, have served as useful indicators of sediment precursors [28][29][30]. In addition, Ti is comparatively an immobile element and, as a result, is an important indicator of parent rock composition [5], and it occurs primarily in phyllosilicates [31].…”

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“…the works of Floyd and Leveridge [34] and Pe-Piper et al [35]). Armstrong-Altrin et al [28], in their study of the beach sands in the western Gulf of Mexico, used increases in the K 2 O and Rb contents from Nautla (0.37, 10.5 ppm) to Tacolutla (1.22, 36.8 ppm) to Playa Azul (1.45, 37.9 ppm) sands to suggest a change in provenance from mafic to intermediate to felsic, respectively. In the current study, the sediment samples are comparatively enriched in K 2 O and Rb contents, with values that range from 2.26 to 3.37 ppm and from 62.8 to 116 ppm, respectively.…”

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Geochemistry of Fluvial Sediments from Geregu, Southwest Nigeria

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Geochemical analysis of fluvial sediments on the banks of River Ero using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry illustrates their maturity, provenance and tectonic setting. The analysed sediment samples show low SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratios of 2.92-2.99 (units FL_A, FL_B and FL_E) and high SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratios of 4. FL_D, FL_F and FL_G). Sediments were geochemically classified as shales (units FL_A, FL_B and FL_E) and greywackes (units FL_C, FL_D, FL_F and FL_G). Ključne besede: rečni sedimenti, Eu anomalija, SW Nigerija, izvor, tektonska uvrstitev

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Geochemistry of Fluvial Sediments from Geregu, Southwest Nigeria

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“…the recommendations of Aitchison (1986) as done by Verma et al (2006) for the first time for such applications in geosciences (see also Agrawal and Verma, 2007;Verma et al, 2013b;Verma and Armstrong-Altrin, 2013). The K 2 O and Rb contents in terrigenous sediments are sensitive to sedimentary recycling processes and have been widely used as indicators for source composition (Armstrong-Altrin et al, 2012;Tao et al, 2013 (Figure 9) reveals a compositional difference between the SN and SC sands and these ratios are higher in the SN sands (Table 1). This variation may reflect changing average source rock compositions from felsic to intermediate, respectively.…”

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Geochemistry of sands along the San Nicolás and San Carlos beaches, Gulf of California, Mexico: implications for provenance and tectonic setting

Armstrong‐Altrin¹,

Nagarajan²,

Lee³

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Turkish J Earth Sci

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Th, P, and Hf were immobile and Cu, Cr, and Zn were mobile during alteration processes. However, Torres-Alvarado et al. (2007) recently studied the effect of hydrothermal alteration on the chemistry of volcanic rocks from the Los Azufres geothermal field, Mexico, and found that most major elements and a few trace elements, including high field strength elements such as Zr, Ti, and P, were mobilized during hydrothermal alteration. They cautioned against the use of these elements for petrogenetic studies of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Although provenance studies are common (Hossain et al., 2010(Hossain et al., , 2014Armstrong-Altrin and Natalhy-Pineda, 2013), studies focused on the geochemical variation in sediments with respect to grain size are meagre (e.g., Ohta, 2008;Effoudou-Priso, 2014).The study areas of the San Nicolás (SN) and San Carlos (SC) beaches are located along the Gulf of California.

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of sands along the Manzanillo and El Carrizal beach areas, southern Mexico: implications for palaeoweathering, provenance and tectonic setting

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The provenance of sands from the Manzanillo (MN) and El Carrizal (CAR) beach areas along the Mexican Pacific coast (southern Mexico) was investigated based on their modal composition, mineralogy and geochemical data. The average quartz, feldspar and lithic fragment (QFL) ratios revealed that the proportion of quartz is higher in CAR sands than in MN sands. In comparison with MN, the CAR sands are enriched in SiO2 content with higher SiO2/Al2O3 ratio indicating that sediment recycling is greatest for the CAR sands. The variation in K2O/Al2O3 and Na2O/K2O ratios between the MN and CAR sands specified a difference in the relative proportion of plagioclase. The chemical index of alteration (CIA) and Plagioclase Index of Alteration (PIA) values revealed a moderate weathering intensity in the source areas. The MN sands are characterized by a low degree of rare earth element (REE) fractionation (LaCN/YbCN = ~6–7), whereas the CAR sands define fractionated REE patterns (LaCN/YbCN = ~8.8–16.8). The fractionated REE pattern with elevated total low REE (∑LREE) content of the CAR sands suggested that sediment sorting is higher for the CAR than MN sands. Small negative and positive Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = ~0.91–1.23) of MN sands indicated the derivation of sediments from felsic‐intermediate source rocks. The CAR sands showed higher concentration of ∑LREE than total heavy REE (∑HREE) and characterized by a significant negative Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu* = ~0.46–0.78), suggested that the source rock is felsic type. The result obtained by the comparison of REE patterns of the beach sands to the probable source rocks is also consistent with this observation. The compositional differences identified between the MN and CAR beach areas suggested that longshore current in the mixing and homogenization of sands is not significant. The new tectonic discriminant‐function‐based multidimensional diagrams showed an arc setting (active) for the MN sands and a rift setting (passive) for the CAR sands, which is consistent with the regional geology of southern Mexico. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Geochemistry of beach sands along the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Implication for provenance

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Geochemistry of Fluvial Sediments from Geregu, Southwest Nigeria

Geochemistry of Fluvial Sediments from Geregu, Southwest Nigeria

Geochemistry of sands along the San Nicolás and San Carlos beaches, Gulf of California, Mexico: implications for provenance and tectonic setting

Mineralogy and geochemistry of sands along the Manzanillo and El Carrizal beach areas, southern Mexico: implications for palaeoweathering, provenance and tectonic setting

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