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Clay Mineral Studies of the Lower Permian Havensville Shale in Kansas and Oklahoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Moon J. Lee  and
S. Chaudhuri
Moon J. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
S. Chaudhuri
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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Abstract

Analyses of samples of the Havensville Shale, collected from six localities in Kansas and northern Oklahoma, showed that the distribution of clay minerals and chemical variations in the clay minerals were related to changes in the sedimentary facies. The major clay minerals assemblages were: (1) illite, mixed-layer illite—montmorillonite, and regularly interstratified chlorite-vermiculite in the shaly facies of northern and central Kansas, (2) montmorillonite, illite and mixed-layer illite-montmorillonite in the calcareous shale and algal limestone facies of southern Kansas, and (3) kaolinite, illite and mixed-layer illite—montmorillonite in the sandy facies of northern Oklahoma. Differential settling and transportation of clay detritus were the major factors in the pattern of distribution of the clay minerals. Regional differences were noted in the abundance of 2m illite polymorphs, the K/Rb ratio and the illite 001/002 intensity ratio. Some structural variations and chemical differences among the clay minerals were consequences of modifications during deposition in different environments and diagenesis.

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Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 1976 , pp. 239 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 The Clay Minerals Society

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