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Formación de palygorskita asociada al flujo regional de las aguas subterráneas del borde S.O. de la Cuenca del Duero

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The present work provides some data concerning the geochemistry of the paleogene groundwater in the S.W. region of the Duero Basin. The data reflect a clear decrease in silica and Mg throughout the regional flow from recharge areas to discharge ones. In one of the Paleogenes Formations of the area –Areniscas de Aldearrubia– the presence of small amounts of palygorskite Was detected. This mineral appears in perfectly automorphic crystals with a tendency to envelope and then close porosity. . From thermodinamic criteria, the possibility of the conversion of smectite –very abundant in the Formation– into palygorskite by addition of graundwater silica and Mg is in accordance with all the anaIytical and observational data. The palygorskite genesis related lo present or past groundwater flow could be considered as a variant of the diagenetic origin for this mineral. En este trabajo se presentan algunos datos sobre la geoquímica de las aguas subterráneas del paleógeno del S.O. de la Cuenca del Duero. Estos datos muestran una clara disminución de las concentraciones de sílice y de Mg a lo largo del flujo regional desde las áreas de recarga hacia las áreas de descarga. Por otra parte. en una de la formaciones paleógenas de la zona -Areniscas de Aldearrubia- hemos detectado la presencia de pequeñas cantidades de palygorskita. Dicho mineral se presenta en cristales perfectamente automorfos que tienden primero a tapizar y después a cerrar la porosidad. La posibilidad, demostrada termodinámicamente de transformación de esmectitas –muy abundantes en la citada formación– en palygorskita mediante aporte de sílice y Mg a partir del agua subterránea satisface todos los datos analíticos y de observación. Este tipo de génesis de la palygorskita asociado al flujo actual o subactual del agua subterránea puede considerarse como una variante del origen diagenético.
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