A Comparison Study of Synkinematic Illite Isolation,Quantitative X-ray Powder Diffraction,and K-Ar Dating for Direct Fault Gouge Analyses

作     者：ZHENG Yong LI Haibing LI Junjie ZHANG Guohe SI Jialiang ZHENG Yong;LI Haibing;LI Junjie;ZHANG Guohe;SI Jialiang

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural ResourcesInstitute of GeologyChinese Academy of Geological SciencesBeijing 100037China Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou)Guangzhou 511458China Jiangsu Donghai Continental Deep Hole Crustal Activity National Observation and Research StationDonghaiJiangsu 222300China Beijing Research Institute of Uranium GeologyBeijing 100029China Military and Civilian Integration Geological Survey CenterChengdu 610000China 

出 版 物：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》 (地质学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第97卷第2期

页      面：636-650页

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学科分类：070904[理学-构造地质学] 070902[理学-地球化学] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 

基　　金：funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42072240 and 41602218) Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(No.GML2019ZD0201) the Fund from the Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences(Nos.J1901-30 and J1908)。 

主　　题：illite polytypes fault gouge clay size separation mounting method Profex■ extrapolated K-Ar age 

摘      要：K-Ar dating of synkinematic illite is increasingly recognized as a central method to constrain the timing of shallow crustal faulting.Methods of efficient sample preparation and quantitative identification of illite polytypes are critical to acquiring K-Ar isotope data for authigenic clays.In this respect,we compared the commonly used clay size separation method through centrifugation with vacuum filtration technology,showing that the former is prone to extract fractions with finer particle sizes under similar conditions,thus improving the error in the authigenic end-member age.Additionally,we demonstrated that the side-packed mounting method for X-ray diffraction analysis can significantly enhance the randomness in powder samples,thus improving the quantification accuracy compared with the front-packed and back-packed methods.The validity of our quantification method was confirmed by comparing Profex■modeling patterns with a suite of synthetic mixtures of known compositions,yielding an average analytical error of 3%.Dating results of these artificial mixtures and the reference materials indicated that a large range in percentages of detrital illite and a sufficient amount of age data will produce reliable results for ages of both extrapolated end-members.However,if the range is limited,the extrapolated age close to those of datasets is still reliable.