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Clays from the Bulganak volcanic field (Kerch Peninsula) were studied to estimate the possible sources of chemical elements in mud volcanoes. The collected clay samples were analyzed using inductively-coupled argon plasma mass spectrometry on an ELAN 9000 mass spectrometer (PerkinElmer-Sciex, USA-Canada). According to the obtained data, the geochemical specialization of the eruption products was determined. It was identified that Maikop clays in the vicinity of Kerch and in Lisya Bay spaced far from the city have almost identical bulk concentrations of most elements. The concentrations of Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Nb, Sn, I, and Ba in volcanic clay are 3–23.3 times higher compared to Maikop clays, while Ta concentration is over 2 orders of magnitude higher. Water-soluble compounds predominate in the volcanic clay. Data on a wide range of chemical elements allow us to conclude that the composition of volcanic clay is weakly dependent on the elemental composition of seawater. The concentrations of many chemical elements are hundreds of times lower in oil than in the water extract from the volcanic clay, and the concentrations of most chemical elements in oil are thousands of times less. Elements in the studied objects show the similar decreasing order of their abundance: Fe, Na, Ca, Mg, and Ti. Hence, oil of the Kerch Peninsula insignificantly contributes to the element composition of volcanic clay.
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Kozarenko, A.E., Melchakov, Y.L. & Surikov, V.T. Possible Sources of Chemical Elements in the Mud Volcanoes of the Bulganak Volcanic Field (Crimea). Geochem. Int. 59, 599–606 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702921060045
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