Mineralogy, thermal characteristics and origin of clay minerals in Shahr-e-Babak playa

Abstract

Geologically, Shahr-e-Babak playa is located in the southeast of Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone. Based on mineralogical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies, in the studied playa major mineralogical phases include hallosit, kaolinite, illite, quartz, calcite and gypsum. Based on geochemical data, the average aluminum oxide values is 13/93% , silicon oxide is 39/53% and the average of volatiles 18/84% . According to the differential thermal analysis, endothermic reactions of samples occur at temperature approximately 770-810 °C and the exothermic reactions occur at temperature approximately 1120-1140 °C. The main origin of clay minerals  in the studied area is sedimentary and they are formed by erosion and  weathering of a granitoid batholith in the south of Shahr-e-Babak city. Numerous applications of clay minerals in various industries are reasons to do this research.

Keywords


[1] Mason B., Moore K.B., "Principles of Geology", (2003) 566.

[2] Hoseini Z., Mosazade S., Momen Por L., "Introducing Tourism Attractions and Their Role in Development of the Shahr-EBabak City", Advances in Environmental Biology 8 (2014) 1636-1642.

[3] سبزه ای م.، "نقشه زمین شناسی 100000/1 کرسفید"، سازمان زمین شناسی کشور، (1370).

[4] آقانباتی ع.، "زمین شناسی ایران"، سازمان زمین شناسی و اکتشافات معدنی کشور، (1383) 586ص.

[5] Wendlandt W.W., Gallagher P.K., Chapter-1 in "Thermal Characterization of Poly-meric Materials", New York: Academic Press (1981) 3-25.

[6] Xi Y., Martens M., He H., Frost R.L., "Thermogravimetric analysis of organoclays intercalated with the surfactant octa decyltrime thylammonium bromide", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 81 (2005) 91-97.

[7] Frost A., Unger V. M., De Camilli P., "The BAR domain superfamily: membrane-molding macromolecules", Cell, 137 (2009) 191-196.

[8] جمشیدی ف.، "بررسی پتروگرافی، ژئوشیمی و پتروژنز باتولیت گرانیتوئیدی شهربابک"، پایان نامه کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان (1382) 214ص.

[9] Bohor B.E., Randall E.H., "Scanning electron microscopy of clays and clay minerals", Clays Clay Miner 19 (1971) 49-54.

[10] Patterson S.H., Buie B.E., "Field conference on kaolin and fullers earth", Ga Geol Surv Guidebook 14 (1974) 53.

[11] Tschudy R.H., Patterson S.H., "Palynological evidence for Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, and Early and Middle Eocene for strata in the kaolin belt, Central Georgia", Journal of Research of the US Geological Survey 3 (1975) 437-445.

[12] Rogers L.E., "The petrology-mineralogy of six Georgia kaolins", [Ph.D. dissertation] Athens, GA: University Georgia (1979) 234.

[13] Chakraborty S., Künzli S., Thiele L., "A General Framework for Analysing System Properties in Platform-Based Embedded System Designs", In DATE 3 (2003) 1019.







[14] Liu J.S., Chen R., "Sequential Monte Carlo methods for dynamic systems", Journal of the American statistical association, 93 (1998) 1032-1044.

[15] Gabbott P., (Ed.) "Principles and applications of thermal analysis", John Wiley & Sons (2008) 50.

[16] Vaculíková L., Plevová E., "Identification of clay minerals and micas in sedimentary rocks", Acta geodyn. Geometer 2 (2005) 167-175.

[17] Omer I.E., Bala E., Paul A.S., Douglas C., Fahri E., 2013, "Origin of the Düvertepe kaolin–alunite deposits in Simav Graben, Turkey: Timing and styles of hydrothermal mineralization", Volcanology and Geothermal Research 255 (2013) 57–78.

[18] Selby M.J., "Hillslope Materials and Processes", 2nd EditionOxford University Press, Oxford (1993) 451.

[19] Ceryan C., "New Chemical Weathering Indices for Estimating the Mechanical Properties of Rocks: A Case Study from the Kürtün Granodiorite, NE Turkey", Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 17 (2008) 187–207.

[20] ریاحی ف.، "بررسی ژئوشیمی ،پتروژنز و ارزیابی اقتصادی کائولن در منطقه شهربابک"، پایان نامه کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان (1393) 180ص.