Chemical Weathering of Glacial Debris of the Barton Peninsula of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Microtextural Evidences

남극 사우스셰틀란드 킹죠지섬 바톤반도 빙하쇄설물의 화학적 풍화작용: 미조직학적 증거

  • Published : 2003.06.01

Abstract

Diverse microtextures and secondary minerals formed by chemical weathering were observed in the glacial debris of King George Island. Weathering rind was observed in the block of basaltic andesite tuff due to dissolution of calcite producing voids. Eolian volcanic glass altered to mixtrure of allophane-like materials and iron oxyhydroxides at grain edges with relative concentration of Al. Fe, and Ti. Biotite in granodiorite area was transfarmed to vermiculite and interstratified biotite-vermiculite or very rarely to kaolinite and gibbsite. Pyrite in the hydrothermal alteration zone was repalced by iron oxides, resulting in sulfuric acid which locally accelerated alteration of chlorite to expandable clay minerals. Weathering of plagiociase and K-feldspar was negligible. Although glacial debris of the Barton Peninsula has undergone weak chemical weathering with formation of some secondary minerals, massive formation of smectite, abundant in nearby marine sediments, didn't occur.

킹죠지섬에 분포하는 빙하쇄설물의 화학적 풍화작용의 유무를 탐색한 결과, 다양한 풍화조직들과 이차광물들이 관찰되었다. 지표에 노출된 안산현무암질 응회암 각력에는 방해석이 선택적으로 용해되어 형성된 풍화테들이 형성되어 있다. 풍성화산유리의 가장자리에는 Al, Fe, Ti가 상대적으로 농집된 매우 얇은 용탈층이 존재하며, 앨로패인과 철산화물 등으로 구성되어 있다. 화강섬록암 지역의 흑운모는 질석과 흑운모-질석 혼합층으로 변질되었으며 드물게 아주 미량의 캐올리나이트나 깁사이트가 생성되었다. 열수변질대 지역의 황철석은 산화철로 풍화되었으며, 주변의 녹니석은 부분적으로 팽윤성광물로 풍화되었다. 그러나 사장석과 K장석 등은 거의 변질되지 않았다. 바톤반도의 빙하쇄설물은 미약하나마 화학적 풍화작용을 받아 앨로패인과 산화철 등의 이차광물이 생성되고 있으나, 킹죠지섬 주변 해양 퇴적물에 풍부한 스멕타이트의 대량 생성은 관찰되지 않았다.

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