International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

Clay minerals from Weichselian glaciolimnic sediments of the Sepopolska Plain (NE Poland)

Published: Jun 2009

Pages: 263 - 267

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10096-009-0018-z

Authors: JACEK DLUGOSZ, MIROSLAW ORZECHOWSKI, MIROSLAW KOBIERSKI, SLAWOMIR SMOLCZYNSKI, RYSZARD ZAMORSKI

Abstract: Glaciolimnic deposits sampled from three sedimentation reservoirs located on the Sepopolska Plain (north-eastern Poland) were investigated. The material under study was deposited in the recession phase of the Pomeranian phase of Vistula (Weichselian) glaciation. The clay fraction was separated by centrifugation after preparation according to Jackson. Mineralogical investigations were done by X-ray diffraction. The analysed deposits had a similar complex composition of clay minerals. The main components were illites mixed with the illite/smectite mineral with percentages

Keywords: Late Pleistocene, north-eastern Poland, glaciolimnic sediments, clay minerals

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