Geography and Natural Resources

CLAY MINERALS OF THE PRODUCTIVE SERIES (SURAKHANY SUITE) AND ITS PALAEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE

Y.N.Taghiyeva, Z.N.Javadzade, E.A.Abdullayev

Abstract. The clay minerals can be significant indicator of pa­laeoclimate. Only detrital clay minerals without any diagenetic alternation may be used in reconstruction pa­laeoweathering which is controlled by climate. The re­sults showed that the sediments of Surakhany Suite (Up­per Division of the productive Series) is characterised by high amount of illite. It indicates that palaeoclimate was arid in source area, which was the Russian Platform. However high amount of smectite in interval 1-2.1 m suggest relatively humid climate in the Russian Platform for the time.

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