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WEATHERING IN TERTIARY GRAVELS IN N.E. SCOTLAND
Author(s) -
KOPPI A. J.,
FITZPATRICK E. A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1980.tb02101.x
Subject(s) - biotite , weathering , muscovite , geology , quartz , mica , schist , geochemistry , mineralogy , outcrop , metamorphic rock , paleontology
Summary The weathering of highly quartzose flint‐containing gravels, believed to be the remnants of Tertiary beach deposits in N.E. Scotland, has been studied in detail. The deposits also contain infrequent boulders of granite, quartz schists and granulites which are largely kaolinised, but the kaolin varies in crystallinity between the two sites investigated. Quartz, alkali feldspars, muscovite and biotite‐like mica have been variously altered, and the weathering products include fine grained silica and leucoxene.