RT Journal Article
T1 Clastic huntite in upper Neogene formations of the Kozani basin, Macedonia, Northern Greece
A1 Calvo Sorando, José Pedro
A1 Stamatakis, Michael G.
A1 Magganas, Andreas C.
AB An unusual carbonate mineral, huntite (Mg3Ca(CO3)4) , is present in Upper Neogene lacustrine formations of the Kozaai Basin, Northern Greece. This carbonate, either pure or mixed with variable proportions of bydromagnesite and magnesite, forms extensive deposits that accumulated in ponds on a lake-margin carbonate flat. Although labile and metastabl¢, huntite also is the main detrital component of fluvial.dominated delta sequences in some parts of the basin. Clastie huntite is present mainly in foresets, trough cross-stratified units, and channel forms in terrigenous lithofacies towards the basal part of deltaic assemblages. Detachment of fragments from cohesive huntite pond deposits may have been favored by expansion through wetting rather than by desiccation and further contraction of the chemical sediment. This first documented occurrence of elastic huntite places some uncertainties on the presumed chemical and mechanical instability of huntite under natural conditions.
PB SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
SN 1527-1404
YR 1995
FD 1995
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60434
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60434
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025