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Chemostratigraphic correlation of sediments containing expandable clay minerals based on ion exchange with Cu(II) triethylenetetramine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Tomáš Grygar ,
Jaroslav Kadlec ,
Anna Žigová ,
Martin Mihaljevič ,
Tereza Nekutová ,
Richard Lojka  and
Ivo Světlík
Tomáš Grygar*
Affiliation:
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the AS CR, v.v.i., 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic
Jaroslav Kadlec
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic
Anna Žigová
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic
Martin Mihaljevič
Affiliation:
Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
Tereza Nekutová
Affiliation:
Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
Richard Lojka
Affiliation:
Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3/131, 118 21, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Ivo Světlík
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR, v.v.i., CRL Radiocarbon Laboratory, Na Truhlářce 39/64, 180 86, Prague, Czech Republic
*
* E-mail address of corresponding author: grygar@iic.cas.cz
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Abstract

Copper(II) triethylenetetramine [Cu(trien)]2+ is an agent suitable for the 1-step determination of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of many geomaterials using a procedure much less laborious than other, commonly used methods. It is also suitable for the determination of the composition of original exchangeable cations. In contrast to other common ions used for CEC analysis, the Cu(II) complex with triethylenetetramine, [Cu(trien)]2+, is specific for expandable clay minerals. The robustness of [Cu(trien)]2+ analysis was verified using reference clays, ion-exchanged reference clays, sediments, and soils. The [Cu(trien)]2+-based CEC of expandable clay minerals is not influenced significantly by ferrihydrite, goethite, manganite, birnessite, calcite, and gypsum. Birnessite, calcite, and gypsum admixtures affect the composition of the evolved cations. [Cu(trien)]2+ does not recover the entire CEC of soils (but rather that of the clay minerals only) which contain components other than clays which contribute to the CEC, e.g. soil organic matter. In a series of loess with buried paleosols and recent soils the [Cu(trien)]2+-based CEC ranged from 30 to 110% of total CEC obtained by traditional BaCl2 methods. The relative ratio of Ca to Mg, the prevailing exchangeable cations in soils and sediments in exogenic environments, are similar after [Cu(trien)]2+ and conventional BaCl2 treatments. The Ca/Mg ratio in the exchangeable fraction was used successfully for chemostratigraphic correlation of paleolacustrine sediments from a large lake in the Upper Carboniferous basins of eastern equatorial Pangaea and a series of recent flood plain sediments of the meandering Morava River in the Czech Republic. The Ca/Mg ratio obtained by [Cu(trien)]2+ analysis is proposed as a novel tool for the chemostratigraphic correlation of sediment series containing expandable clay minerals.

Keywords

ChemostratigraphyExpandable Clay MineralsFlood SedimentsLacustrine SedimentsSmectite

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 168 - 182
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