Table 10.
Geochemical parameters of samples from Section I (CaO* = recalculated CaO free of CaO in Carbonates).
| Sample | ET-19 | ET-20* | ET-21 | ET-22 | ET-23 | ET-24* | ET-25 | ET-26 | ET-27 | ET-28 | ET-29* | ET-29* | ET-31 | ET-33 | ET-34* | ET-35 | ET-45 | ET-47 | ET-53 | ET-57 | ET-59 | ET-62 | ET-63* | ET-66 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiO2 | 70.4 | 65.05 | 74.45 | 72.23 | 71.37 | 72.86 | 70.14 | 74.97 | 72.92 | 65.58 | 71.05 | 71.58 | 75.51 | 72.27 | 71.09 | 76.21 | 78.05 | 78.23 | 76.7 | 75.75 | 77.94 | 74.91 | 74.06 | 75.31 |
| TiO2 | 0.59 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.6 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.79 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.3 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| Al2O3 | 13.9 | 12.09 | 12.45 | 14.12 | 13.78 | 13.25 | 13.99 | 12.55 | 13.2 | 16.56 | 14.63 | 13.49 | 12.16 | 13.67 | 12.53 | 11.9 | 11.23 | 11.3 | 11.16 | 12.04 | 10.3 | 13.37 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
| Fe2O3 | 5.38 | 2.22 | 2.72 | 3.01 | 3.89 | 1.54 | 2.65 | 2.09 | 3.3 | 5.31 | 2.17 | 3.31 | 2.67 | 4.83 | 2.57 | 1.7 | 1.11 | 1.76 | 2.95 | 2.64 | 2.3 | 1.53 | 1.72 | 2.18 |
| MnO | n.d.6 | 0.16 | n.d.3 | n.d.3 | n.d.2 | n.d.5 | n.d.7 | n.d.3 | n.d.2 | n.d.6 | n.d.3 | n.d.4 | n.d.5 | n.d.5 | n.d.6 | n.d.4 | n.d.2 | n.d.3 | n.d.4 | n.d.4 | n.d.2 | n.d.3 | n.d.4 | n.d.5 |
| MgO | 2.24 | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.84 | 0.67 | 0.44 | 0.98 | 0.57 | 0.37 | 1.65 | 0.61 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.8 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.64 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.73 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 |
| CaO | 0.43 | 6.24 | 0.36 | 0.47 | 0.3 | 1.58 | 1.49 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.24 | 0.54 | 2.63 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.24 | 3.66 | 0.31 |
| CaO* | n.d.7 | 4.97 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.99 | 0.35 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d.6 | n.d.5 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.15 | 1.69 | 0.61 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d.4 | n.d. | 2.99 | n.d. |
| Na2O | 1.1 | 2.79 | 1.17 | 2.48 | 1.55 | 3.42 | 1.82 | 0.73 | 2.57 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.42 | 1.73 | 1.08 | 3.89 | 2.35 | 0.4 | 1.58 | 2.05 | 1.92 | 0.98 | 3.01 | 2.76 | 1.84 |
| K2O | 2.48 | 3.4 | 5.37 | 4.65 | 5.38 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6.39 | 5.01 | 4.34 | 3.95 | 3.65 | 4.63 | 2.25 | 2.78 | 2.06 | 6 | 4.4 | 3.26 | 4.13 | 4.07 | 4.5 | 1.91 | 5.92 |
| P2O5 | n.d.6 | n.d.9 | n.d.7 | 0.12 | 0.11 | n.d.4 | 0.13 | n.d.3 | n.d.7 | 0.15 | 0.1 | n.d.8 | n.d.5 | n.d.4 | n.d.8 | n.d.6 | n.d.8 | n.d.5 | 0.13 | n.d.7 | n.d.4 | n.d.7 | n.d.5 | 0.13 |
| LOI | 3.44 | 6.7 | 2.38 | 1.62 | 2.43 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.09 | 1.79 | 3.26 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.89 | 4.29 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.98 | 1.47 | 1.92 | 1.7 | 3.12 | 1.39 | 3.6 | 1.61 |
| CO2 | 0.46 | 4.47 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.08 | 0.53 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.27 | n.d.9 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.35 | 1.74 | 0.84 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.13 | n.d. | 2.79 | n.d. |
| CaCO3* | 0.12 | 8.87 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.77 | 0.62 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.11 | n.d.9 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.27 | 3.02 | 1.09 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d.7 | n.d. | 5.34 | n.d. |
| Cr | 19 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| Ni | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Co | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 14 |
| Sc | 15 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| V | 58 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 23 | 47 | 46 | 81 | 89 | 30 | 56 | 37 | 31 | 79 | 31 | 45 | 32 | 40 | 58 | 26 | 38 | 26 | 45 |
| Pb | 42 | 12 | 45 | 30 | 48 | 13 | 68 | 56 | 83 | 52 | 15 | 28 | 52 | 39 | 15 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 36 | 38 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 55 |
| Zn | 77 | 31 | 73 | 70 | 61 | 47 | 71 | 23 | 45 | 111 | 82 | 97 | 61 | 24 | 61 | 27 | 22 | 34 | 57 | 42 | 15 | 29 | 24 | 58 |
| Rb | 144 | 111 | 209 | 185 | 213 | 119 | 180 | 257 | 199 | 198 | 144 | 145 | 186 | 145 | 89 | 118 | 290 | 187 | 143 | 173 | 194 | 136 | 77 | 214 |
| Ba | 420 | 1428 | 896 | 1056 | 1177 | 671 | 1265 | 1743 | 1275 | 997 | 1049 | 962 | 1264 | 746 | 10053 | 1517 | 878 | 925 | 1230 | 1115 | 1065 | 1083 | 370 | 2284 |
| Sr | 139 | 302 | 127 | 186 | 121 | 179 | 200 | 115 | 181 | 148 | 203 | 155 | 134 | 210 | 248 | 374 | 217 | 364 | 171 | 180 | 129 | 180 | 283 | 146 |
| Ga | 22 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| Ta | 1.06 | 0.5 | 1.41 | 2.37 | 1.14 | 0.8 | 2.05 | 1.33 | 1.4 | 0.85 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.51 | 0.94 | 0.5 | 0.97 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.79 | 1.31 | 1.16 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.63 |
| Nb | 13.2 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 17.7 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 12.9 |
| Hf | 8.47 | 3.6 | 9.55 | 4.78 | 10.1 | 4.9 | 11.35 | 9.18 | 14.05 | 10.1 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 9 | 9.58 | 4.8 | 12.65 | 9.68 | 4.11 | 10.5 | 9.27 | 8.87 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 11.55 |
| Zr | 92 | 138 | 108 | 92 | 145 | 184 | 191 | 116 | 246 | 170 | 587 | 168 | 109 | 131 | 193 | 192 | 97 | 139 | 135 | 106 | 90 | 156 | 101 | 174 |
| Y | 19 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 33 | 21 | 40 | 21 | 23 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 28 |
| Th | 10.25 | 10.5 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 20.45 | 15.6 | 24.75 | 20.25 | 22.6 | 20.35 | 33.4 | 18.3 | 14.55 | 14.55 | 13.7 | 8.99 | 20.25 | 13.55 | 12.55 | 13.7 | 12.95 | 15.1 | 8 | 23 |
| U | 2.08 | 1.8 | 2.49 | 2.94 | 3.82 | 2.3 | 2.61 | 2.61 | 2.94 | 3.78 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.04 | 2.41 | 2.5 | 3.05 | 3.45 | 2.76 | 2.38 | 3.42 | 2.83 | 3.15 | 1.9 | 4.17 |
| La | n.d. | 37.4 | n.d. | 46.43 | n.d. | 60.8 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 87.3 | 35.1 | n.d. | n.d. | 43.3 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 32.6 | n.d. |
| Ce | n.d. | 76.2 | n.d. | 92.72 | n.d. | 121.3 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 175.9 | 64.9 | n.d. | n.d. | 82.7 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 58.9 | n.d. |
| Pr | n.d. | 8.29 | n.d. | 10.15 | n.d. | 12.74 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 18.78 | 7.38 | n.d. | n.d. | 8.62 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 6.59 | n.d. |
| Nd | n.d. | 29.9 | n.d. | 39.31 | n.d. | 44.1 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 71.9 | 24.7 | n.d. | n.d. | 31.1 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 23.3 | n.d. |
| Sm | n.d. | 4.76 | n.d. | 9.47 | n.d. | 7.7 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 11.28 | 4.81 | n.d. | n.d. | 4.96 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 3.76 | n.d. |
| Eu | n.d. | 0.81 | n.d. | 2.44 | n.d. | 1.3 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.81 | 1.04 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.98 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1 | n.d. |
| Gd | n.d. | 3.98 | n.d. | 10.64 | n.d. | 5.66 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 9.05 | 4.28 | n.d. | n.d. | 3.83 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 3.42 | n.d. |
| Tb | n.d. | 0.54 | n.d. | 1.41 | n.d. | 0.76 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.18 | 0.69 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.53 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.52 | n.d. |
| Dy | n.d. | 2.52 | n.d. | 8.35 | n.d. | 4.39 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 6.3 | 4.27 | n.d. | n.d. | 2.87 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 2.86 | n.d. |
| Ho | n.d. | 0.45 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.74 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.01 | 0.85 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.55 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.54 | n.d. |
| Er | n.d. | 1.36 | n.d. | 4.65 | n.d. | 1.79 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 2.97 | 2.4 | n.d. | n.d. | 1.67 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.66 | n.d. |
| Tm | n.d. | 0.24 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.28 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.44 | 0.38 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.26 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.19 | n.d. |
| Yb | n.d. | 1.43 | n.d. | 4.85 | n.d. | 1.6 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 2.73 | 2.49 | n.d. | n.d. | 1.75 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.59 | n.d. |
| Lu | n.d. | 0.2 | n.d. | 0.84 | n.d. | 0.29 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.44 | 0.38 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.27 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.21 | n.d. |
| Chem.Lit | Psam. | CaO++ | Psam. | Rest++ | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Pelite | Rest++ | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. | Psam. |
| Zr/Ti | 155.93 | 355.38 | 257.14 | 204.44 | 284.31 | 513.05 | 318.33 | 313.51 | 473.07 | 215.18 | 1068.54 | 374.44 | 311.42 | 436.66 | 496.66 | 457.14 | 197.95 | 534.61 | 275.51 | 252.38 | 360 | 458.82 | 404 | 348 |
| Nb/Y | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.39 | 0.46 |
| Th/Sc | 0.68 | 1.75 | 1.5 | 2.55 | 2.55 | 3.9 | 2.25 | 3.37 | 1.88 | 1.19 | 6.68 | 2.28 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 2.28 | 0.89 | 5.06 | 3.38 | 2.09 | 1.37 | 1.85 | 3.02 | 2 | 3.28 |
| Ti/Nb | 268 | 296 | 223 | 171 | 217 | 160 | 203 | 215 | 206 | 265 | 195 | 221 | 216 | 123 | 263 | 213 | 262 | 122 | 219 | 244 | 217 | 202 | 238 | 232 |
| CIA | 73.5 | 53.8 | 60.2 | 59.2 | 61.3 | 56.6 | 58.6 | 60. | 57.1 | 66.9 | 58.4 | 61.2 | 59.8 | 73.9 | 53.4 | 64.1 | 60.5 | 59.2 | 60.3 | 60.2 | 61.7 | 56.9 | 59.4 | 54 |
| PIA | 82.8 | 55.7 | 73.2 | 66 | 73.6 | 59.4 | 65 | 79.7 | 63.4 | 77.3 | 62.8 | 67.4 | 69.3 | 82.4 | 54.5 | 68.5 | 84.9 | 68.3 | 66.6 | 68.5 | 74.7 | 61.8 | 62 | 60.1 |
| CIW | 85.6 | 64.3 | 83.6 | 75.1 | 82.8 | 66.7 | 74.5 | 89.7 | 74.7 | 82.6 | 70.4 | 74.5 | 79.3 | 85.1 | 61.2 | 72.8 | 93 | 78.8 | 74.5 | 77.5 | 83.8 | 71.8 | 66.7 | 77.5 |
| Eu/Eu* | n.d. | 0.57 | n.d. | 0.74 | n.d. | 0.6 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.55 | 0.7 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.69 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.85 | n.d. |
| REE | n.d. | 17.67 | n.d. | 6.47 | n.d. | 25.68 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 21.61 | 9.53 | n.d. | n.d. | 16.72 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 13.85 | n.d. |
| LREE | n.d. | 4.95 | n.d. | 3.09 | n.d. | 4.97 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 4.87 | 4.59 | n.d. | n.d. | 5.49 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 5.46 | n.d. |
| HREE | n.d. | 2.26 | n.d. | 1.78 | n.d. | 2.87 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 2.69 | 1.39 | n.d. | n.d. | 1.77 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.74 | n.d. |
| S-REE | n.d. | 168.08 | n.d. | 231.26 | n.d. | 263.45 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 391.09 | 153.67 | n.d. | n.d. | 183.39 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 137.14 | n.d. |
Note: Oxides and LOI in %, other elements in ppm. X is mean value for each group of sandstones; SD is standard derivation for that mean. Abbreviations: n.d.: not detected; CaCO* = maximum CaO in Carbonates recalculated from CO2; Chem.Lit: Chemical lithology [7] (s. Fig. 7); CaO++: CaO enriched samples; Psam.: Psammite classified samples; Rest++: enriched in SiO2 and Al2O3; Rest--: impoverished in SiO2 and Al2O3;. Eu/Eu* = EuN/(SmNxGdN)0.5 Samples are not LOI-free recalculated. Samples marked with (*) analyzed by ACME Laboratories, Canada.