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Evidence by transmission electron microscopy of weathering microsystems in soils developed from crystalline rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

R. Romero ,
M. Robert ,
F. Elsass  and
C. Garcia
R. Romero
Affiliation:
Departamento de Edafologia e Quimica Agricola, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Espana
M. Robert
Affiliation:
Station de Science du Sol, INRA, 78026 Versailles, France
F. Elsass
Affiliation:
Station de Science du Sol, INRA, 78026 Versailles, France
C. Garcia
Affiliation:
Departamento de Edafologia e Quimica Agricola, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Espana
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Abstract

High-resolution electron microscopy and microanalytical studies were performed on clay and bulk soil samples developed on various igneous and metamorphic rocks from Galicia in the Coruna province in NW Spain. Two mineralogical microsystems can be distinguished showing different stages of weathering. For feldspars, exsolution and mass transformation lead to the delineation of parallel domains, and to formation of gel or paracrystalline minerals. For micas, alteration starts with a physical breakdown, i.e. exfoliation and crystal microdivision; individualization of monolayers is followed by gel formation. A solid phase diffusion phenomenon can explain the formation of 1 : 1 phyllosilicates inside 2 : 1 phyllosilicates or within the continuum of the original crystals. Evidence of such weathering stages in crystalline rocks can be related to the occurrence of specific climatic conditions between temperate and tropical areas.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 21 - 33
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1992

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