Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agusm.p12a..06n&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #P12A-06
Mathematics
Logic
1045 Low-Temperature Geochemistry, 1065 Trace Elements (3670), 5420 Impact Phenomena (Includes Cratering)
Scientific paper
The matrix in the Yaxcopoil 1 drill core produced by the Chicxulub event is semi-amorphous, containing clays and evidence for elemental mobility. We analyzed matrix in impact melt and suevitic breccia samples from the drill hole to detect mineralogical and chemical variability with depth in upper and lower core samples. SEM, microprobe, Cameca 4f ion probe, and XRD were used to determine chemical mobility and variation, and clay structure in several YAX samples, covering the top five units, at a depth range of about 61m. We investigated the possibility of glass, clay, and metastable eutectic dehydroxylates as components in the matrix. Matrix in upper suevite is not optically distinct, but a type of groundmass, with an admixture of calcite, crystallites, and several melt phases with melt texture indicative of simultaneous formation. With an increase in depth, flow tex-ture in the melt matrix is obvious around clasts on all scales, indicating a different temporal relationship than in the upper suevite. Chemically, the matrix is Si and Mg rich in most samples. With an increase in depth, the bulk matrix contains a strong linear increase of Mg, and a decrease of Al. With depth, the increasingly Mg-rich matrix exhibits a stronger flow texture. Aluminum also appears mobile, with enrichments mostly around clasts and veins. In addition, Li and B are strongly correlated, and decrease linearly with depth. The matrix contains materials that appear to be chemically and structurally consistent with smectites at all depths. The compositions range from that of an average montmorillonite in the uppermost units to that of a magnesium rich saponite in the lower units. Aside from the exis-tence of clays, we are considering the possibility that the matrix could contain metastable condensates from the im-pact dust cloud. As an introductory step to test this, matrix compositions were plotted among metastable eutectic dehydroxylate (MED) end members. This produced a remarkably co-linear trend with the join between MED pyro-phyllite and MED serpentine. High resolution equipment will be used to follow up on this idea. The matrix in lower samples had more element mobility, and likely more chemical reactions occurring among phases. An increase in mobility and transport of Mg could help explain this bulk enrichment in lower samples. In addition, variations in the original target material would logically contribute to chemical variations in the matrix. Dolomite and mafic minerals present at greater depth could react with matrix in the melt breccia, while dust and clay may exist in variable amounts within the drill core samples. The linear trend toward metastable dehydroxylate eutec-tic compositions is an encouraging first step to further investigate the possible existence of condensates from the impact cloud within the matrix.
Nelson Jonathan M.
Newsom Horton
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