INTERBASALT IC CLAYS FROM THE FAEROE ISLANDS, NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC

• Main Authors: M. Parra, P. Delmont, J. C. Dumon, A. Ferragneand, J. C. Pons
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Rasmussen; Suduroy; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.620.7701; http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-CM/Volume_22/22-1-63.pdf

A B STR ACT: Mineralogical nd chemical examination of Tertiary interbasaltic clays from the Faeroe Islands revealed three types of alteration of volcanic tufts and basalts: (1) Argillization of volcanic tufts within a lacustrine nvironment resulted in the formation of aluminous beidellites and metah...