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Accumulation and Post-Sedimentary Diagenesis of Tonsteins

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The work is devoted to specific features of sedimentogenesis and multistage alterations of eolian volcanic ash and epiclastic clay in paleopeat bogs and their transformation into ortho- and paratonsteins, respectively. The hydrolysis of aluminosilicate minerals and volcanic glass and their alteration into monotonous submonomineral clay, which is compositionally similar to epiclastic clay, is associated with the diagenesis stage. During the catagenesis, submonomineral clay is lithified and transformed into tonsteins, which undergo recrystallization as the temperature increases. Clay minerals are replaced by illite and chlorite, while tonsteins are transformed into metatonsteins. Paragenetic relationships of clay minerals are discussed.

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Admakin, L.A. Accumulation and Post-Sedimentary Diagenesis of Tonsteins. Lithology and Mineral Resources 37, 60–67 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013687506268

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