Research Article

A Deep Alteration and Oxidation Profile in a Shallow Clay Aquitard: Example of the Tégulines Clay, East Paris Basin, France

Table 3

Distribution and iron speciation in iron-bearing minerals of well-preserved reduced Tégulines Clay and weathered Tégulines Clay.

MineralsMineral content (wt%)Fe2+/total Fe ratioTotal Fe mmole/100 g of rockTotal Fe2+ mmole/100 g of rockFe carried by the mineral/total Fe

Reduced Tégulines Clay
Pyrite0.91.07.57.510.4
Siderite0.51.03.13.14.3
Goethite0.70.07.90.011.0
Glauconite9.00.825.020.034.8
Clay (Ill + Ill-Sm, Sm-Chl)28.00.828.423.739.5
Bulk rock0.871.954.3100.0
Oxidized Tégulines Clay
Pyrite0.11.00.80.81.2
Siderite0.51.03.13.14.3
Goethite2.00.020.80.028.9
Glauconite9.00.218.83.826.1
Clay (Ill + Ill-Sm, Sm-Chl)28.00.228.45.739.5
Bulk rock0.271.913.4100.0