Diagenesis of trioctahedral clays in a Miocene to Pleistocene sedimentary-magmatic sequence in the Dead Sea Rift, Israel

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• saponite 100%
• corrensite 84%
• chlorite 67%
• diagenesis 67%
• Miocene 55%
• Pleistocene 53%
• thermal alteration 49%
• clay 45%
• sea 37%
• talc 20%
• index method 20%
• geothermal gradient 20%
• smectite 17%
• maturation 17%
• clay mineral 15%
• X-ray diffraction 13%
• organic matter 11%
• mineral 9%
• index 8%
• rock 8%
• parameter 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Chlorite 97%
• Talc 29%
• Clay Mineral 27%
• Organic Matter 24%
• Mineral 18%
• X-Ray Diffraction 11%