摘要
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)<span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">was used to analyze </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'}', serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">chemical elements—</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">major, trace and rare earth elements</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">(REE) concentrations, </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:#222222;"=""><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">augmented with quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and thin-section petrography for</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'}', serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">mineralogical characterization of the Triassic Montney Formation in northeastern British Columbia, Western Canada Sedimentary</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">Basin (WCSB). Results from this study indicate</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">that integration of chemical elements with mineralogy shows affinity to the host lithologies. Evidently, chemical elements are the building blocks for minerals, thus, their significances</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">in the interpretation of geological systems are unambiguous. Herein, major elements concentration such as Al, Fe, K, Mg, Ca, Mn in the samples analyzed from the Montney Formation are interpreted as: 1) indication of dolomitization and diagenesis;2) trace elements—Rb, Th, U, and Cs are related to the organic matter—kerogen in the clay component of the Montney Formation source rock;and 3) transition metals—Sc, V, Co, Cr, Zn show strong affinity with diagenesis in the study interval.</span></span>
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)<span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">was used to analyze </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'}', serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">chemical elements—</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">major, trace and rare earth elements</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">(REE) concentrations, </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:#222222;"=""><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">augmented with quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and thin-section petrography for</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'}', serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">mineralogical characterization of the Triassic Montney Formation in northeastern British Columbia, Western Canada Sedimentary</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">Basin (WCSB). Results from this study indicate</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">that integration of chemical elements with mineralogy shows affinity to the host lithologies. Evidently, chemical elements are the building blocks for minerals, thus, their significances</span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;">in the interpretation of geological systems are unambiguous. Herein, major elements concentration such as Al, Fe, K, Mg, Ca, Mn in the samples analyzed from the Montney Formation are interpreted as: 1) indication of dolomitization and diagenesis;2) trace elements—Rb, Th, U, and Cs are related to the organic matter—kerogen in the clay component of the Montney Formation source rock;and 3) transition metals—Sc, V, Co, Cr, Zn show strong affinity with diagenesis in the study interval.</span></span>
作者
Edwin I. Egbobawaye
Edwin I. Egbobawaye(Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
