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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2012.45.2.181

Illite Polytypes: The Characteristics and the Application to the Fault Age Determination  

Song, Yun-Goo (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.45, no.2, 2012 , pp. 181-188 More about this Journal
Abstract
The 1M and $2M_1$ stacking sequences are the most frequently encountered in the illite species among the possible 6 polytypes. The $1M_d$, derived from the 1M polytype which exhibits a variable degree of disorder in the stacking sequence, is also observed in illite samples. In this paper, the author introduces and reviews the theoretical background of the quantitative analysis method of illite polytypes, and considers the possibility to determine the fault age and its reactivation age using K/Ar age-dating based on the quantification of illite polytypes in the fault system. For the increase of the accuracy and precision of the illite age analysis method, the occurrence, identification, and mineralogical characterization of illite polytypes should be defined in detail. The broadening effect of (hkl) reflections, due to disordering of 1M polytype and the presence of I/S minerals with expandability, are also considered as the main parameters controlling the quantification of illite polytypes using the WILDFIRE(C)simulation.
Keywords
illite; polytypes; fault age; X-ray diffraction; K/Ar age dating;
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