Palygorskite in Eocene-Oligocene lagoonal environment, Yucatán, Mexico

  • Liberto de Pablo-Galán Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 D.F., México.
Keywords: Clay geochemistry, palygorskite, Yucatán, Mexico.

Abstract

Palygorskite occurs in the Yucatán peninsula as palygorskite-rich mudstone in middle Eocene Chichén-Itzá formation to Oligocene. Its lower limit of deposition is the lower Eocene Pisté formation or the Xbacal member of the middle Eocene Chichén-Itzá formation… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2019-01-07
Section
Regular Papers