Petrography of Ophiolitic Detritus from a Miocene Conglomerate Formation on Darnó Hill, SW Bükk Mts (N Hungary): A Unique Tool to Trace Covered Ophiolitic Sequences
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Background
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. General Petrographic Description
4.2. Description of the Detrital Rock Types
4.2.1. Magmatic–Metamagmatic Rocks
- Hyalinic basalt
- Spherulitic basalt
- Variolitic basalt
- Intersertal and intervariolitic basalt
- Intergranular basalt
- Subophitic-ophitic basalt, dolerite, microgabbro
- Serpentinite
4.2.2. Sedimentary–Metasedimentary Rocks
- Siliciclastic rocks
- Radiolarite
- Calcareous grains
4.3. Quantitative Analysis of Detrital Grains
5. Discussion
Inner Pillow Rock Types | Grain No. | Grain (Volume) Percent | Volume in d = 70 cm Pillow | Thickness in Pillow | |||
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This Work | Marescotti | This Work | Marescotti | ||||
Piece | % | cm3 | cm | cm | cm | cm | |
Hyalinic basalt | 44 | 10.7 | 19,207 | 1.3 | 0.9–1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9–1.5 |
Spherulitic basalt | 51 | 12.4 | 22,258 | 1.6 | 1.4–2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4–2.0 |
Variolitic basalt | 153 | 37.1 | 66,596 | 6.4 | 4.0–5.4 | 6.4 | 4.0–5.4 |
Intersertal basalt | 113 | 27.4 | 49,184 | 8.2 | 15.5–17.1 | 25.7 | 25.7–29.1 |
Intergranular basalt | 51 | 12.4 | 22,258 | 17.5 | 10.2–12.0 |
6. Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rock Type | Kis Hill-3 | Kis Hill-6 | Sum | Within All | Within Magm | Within Magm | Within Pillow | |||
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Grain No. | % | Grain No. | % | Grain No. | % | % | % | % | ||
Magmatic rocks | Hyalinic basalt | 20 | 5.9 | 24 | 6.17 | 44 | 6.03 | 9.6 | 10.7 | |
Spherulitic basalt | 30 | 8.8 | 21 | 5.40 | 51 | 6.99 | 11.2 | 12.4 | ||
Variolitic basalt | 63 | 18.5 | 90 | 23.14 | 153 | 20.96 | 33.5 | 37.1 | ||
Intersertal basalt | 51 | 15.0 | 62 | 15.94 | 113 | 15.48 | 24.7 | 27.4 | ||
Intergranular basalt | 24 | 7.0 | 27 | 6.94 | 51 | 6.99 | 11.2 | 12.4 | ||
Ophytic dolerite, microgabbro | 14 | 4.1 | 17 | 4.37 | 31 | 4.25 | 6.8 | |||
Quartz, quartzite | 5 | 1.5 | 7 | 1.80 | 12 | 1.64 | 2.6 | |||
Serpentinite, metaperidotite | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0,.51 | 2 | 0.27 | 0.4 | |||
Sediment. | Claystone | 97 | 28.4 | 87 | 22.37 | 184 | 25.21 | 67.4 | ||
siltstone, sandstone | 10 | 2.9 | 12 | 3.08 | 22 | 3.01 | 8.1 | |||
Radiolarite | 19 | 5.6 | 30 | 7.71 | 49 | 6.71 | 17.9 | |||
Limestone | 8 | 2.3 | 10 | 2.57 | 18 | 2.47 | 6.6 | |||
All grains | 341 | 389 | 730 | |||||||
Magmatic | 207 | 60.7 | 250 | 64.27 | 457 | 62.60 | ||||
Sedimentary | 134 | 39.3 | 139 | 35.73 | 273 | 37.40 | ||||
Pillow originated | 188 | 224 | 412 |
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Józsa, S. Petrography of Ophiolitic Detritus from a Miocene Conglomerate Formation on Darnó Hill, SW Bükk Mts (N Hungary): A Unique Tool to Trace Covered Ophiolitic Sequences. Minerals 2024, 14, 983. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14100983
Józsa S. Petrography of Ophiolitic Detritus from a Miocene Conglomerate Formation on Darnó Hill, SW Bükk Mts (N Hungary): A Unique Tool to Trace Covered Ophiolitic Sequences. Minerals. 2024; 14(10):983. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14100983
Chicago/Turabian StyleJózsa, Sándor. 2024. "Petrography of Ophiolitic Detritus from a Miocene Conglomerate Formation on Darnó Hill, SW Bükk Mts (N Hungary): A Unique Tool to Trace Covered Ophiolitic Sequences" Minerals 14, no. 10: 983. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14100983
APA StyleJózsa, S. (2024). Petrography of Ophiolitic Detritus from a Miocene Conglomerate Formation on Darnó Hill, SW Bükk Mts (N Hungary): A Unique Tool to Trace Covered Ophiolitic Sequences. Minerals, 14(10), 983. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14100983