台湾海峡西部沉积物中粘土矿物的初步研究

利用X射线衍射,红外光谱,电子显微镜和化学分析等手段,综合分析和研究了台湾海峡西部海域的以水云母为主,高岭石次之的粘土矿物组合特征。结果表明其含量变化和分布特点受物质来源,沉积环境,气候条件,水动条件所制约。高岭石系湿热气候风化型陆源次生矿物,沿闽江和九龙江河口外迅速递减。绿泥石除少量陆源成因外,主要是次生和自生的绿泥石,蒙脱石变以蚀变型自生蒙脱石为主。粘土矿物含量的垂直变化能够为古气候和古沉境环境提供佐证

Preliminary study on clay minerals of sediments in Western Taiwan Strait

The composition and distribution of main clay minerals from the sediments in the western Taiwan Strait have been determined by x-ray diffraction, infrared absorbtive spectroscopy and chemical methods and their origins are studied. The conclusions are drawn as follows: (1) Hydromica is the most abundant clay mineral of the sediments from the studied area, followed by. kaolinite (for the Fujian alongshore waters) or chlorite, (2) The content of hydromicatends to increase seaward, while kaolinite tends to decrease correspondingly. Kaolinite distribution obviously subjects to the terrestrial effects. Chlorite and montmorillonite distributions show porphyritic pattern in the studied area. (3) Most of the hydromica minerals in the studied area are of muscovite type. The kaolinite is a terrigenous secondary mineral. In addition to terrestrial orgin, the chlorite is mainly alteration producl of basic volcanic substance and of other clay mimerals. Montmorillonite in this area is mainly authigenic mineral. (4) The lobate contours of kaolimite content shows that the dispersive directions of the clay minerals are both southward with turning eastward in the Fujian alongshore waters and northeastward in the region to the east of Dongshan Island, which shows that the dispersive directions of the clay minerals have been influenced by Minzhe alongshore currents and the South China Sea warm current. (5) The vertical changes of clay mineral content provide evidences of paleoclimate and ancient sedimentary environment. In Core 737, the sediments of O-160cm are the product of warm climate in Atlantic stage of postglacial with low montmorillonite and high hydromica contents, and the sediments of 160-652cm are of cold climate in Boreal and Preboreal stages with high montmorillonite and low hrdromica contents, while low montmorillonite contents at 435- 440, 515-520 and 642-652cm show minor sedimentary cycles with warmer climate.