1. The genesis and characterization of Paleocene Pelagic marbles from the southern part of the Menderes massif
- Author
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Ömer Elitok, Ahmet Yildiz, Ömer Tezcan Akıncı, Metin Bağcı, and Yaşar Kibici
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geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Tourmaline ,Metamorphic rock ,Petrography ,Geochemistry ,Mineralogy ,Massif ,Hematite ,engineering.material ,Diagenesis ,Menderes massif ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,engineering ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Piemontite ,Biotite ,Geology ,Pelagic marbles ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Marble is an attractive natural stone as a product of the metamorphic processes. It has been used for thousands of years for its beautiful appearance and colors caused by impurities such as clay, silt, sand, and iron oxides. Pelagic marbles, located to the 20 km SW of Milas (Muğla) in the southern part of the Menderes massif are commercially named as Aegean Bordeaux marbles. These pelagic marbles were classified into three levels such as (1) red marbles, (2) bordeaux marbles, and (3) transitional marbles based on their stratigraphic features. Mineralogical and petrographical data obtained from XRD and polarized microscopic studies show that calcite minerals are mainly associated with hematite, piemontite, biotite, magnetite, tourmaline, and opaque minerals. Fe2O3, TiO2, MnO, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ni contents play an important role on the color of marbles and ?REE values are high in the red and bordeaux marbles with respect to transitional marbles. We suggest that the red and bordeaux colors of marbles have been originated from primary formation of hematite pigment during early diagenesis within deep depositional environment. © 2014, Saudi Society for Geosciences.
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- 2015