tailieunhanh - Formation of Ti-rich bauxite from alkali basalt in continental margin carbonates, Payas region, SE Turkey: implications for sea level change in the Upper Cretaceous

The Payas region bauxite deposits occur as a sandwiched layer that is a few kilometers long and an average of 10 m thick between the lower and upper Cretaceous carbonates of the Arabian Platform. The bauxites occur as 2 types, comprising blanket and pocket, are chemically and texturally homogeneous, and have a thrust structure with ophiolitic mélange formations. The bauxite varies in color, from reddish-brown to grayish-green to black, and has a massive, patchy, and very rare oolitic-pisolitic texture. The bauxite mainly consists of diaspore, hematite, rutile, anatase, rare kaolinite, boehmite, and pyrite minerals. | Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences Turkish J Earth Sci 2021 30 116-141 http earth TÜBİTAK Research Article doi yer-2006-6 Formation of Ti-rich bauxite from alkali basalt in continental margin carbonates Payas region SE Turkey implications for sea level change in the Upper Cretaceous Hüseyin ÖZTÜRK Nurullah HANİLÇİ Zeynep CANSU Cem KASAPÇI Department of Geological Engineering Faculty of Engineering İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa İstanbul Turkey Received Accepted Published Online Final Version Abstract The Payas region bauxite deposits occur as a sandwiched layer that is a few kilometers long and an average of 10 m thick between the lower and upper Cretaceous carbonates of the Arabian Platform. The bauxites occur as 2 types comprising blanket and pocket are chemically and texturally homogeneous and have a thrust structure with ophiolitic mélange formations. The bauxite varies in color from reddish-brown to grayish-green to black and has a massive patchy and very rare oolitic-pisolitic texture. The bauxite mainly consists of diaspore hematite rutile anatase rare kaolinite boehmite and pyrite prismatic and lath-shaped euhedral rutile within the bauxites indicated in situ formation of the bauxites from Ti-rich basaltic pyroclastics. The chondrite-normalized rare earth element pattern of the bauxite was similar to the basalt pattern and had a very weak Eu anomaly . There are 2 groups of elements have been enriched in the Payas region bauxite the first group contains TiO2 Cr 752 ppm V 617 ppm and Ni 72 ppm and the second group comprises Zr 993 ppm Nb 86 ppm and Sn 7 ppm . These 2 groups of element enrichment indicated that the parental material of bauxite had an alkali basalt character. The carbon and oxygen isotope stratigraphy throughout the carbonate section from the bottom to the top indicated that the climate was warm during bauxitization mean δ18OVPDB and relatively cold .