Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and and Technology A- Applied Sciences and Engineering, cilt.24, ss.17-32, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study was carried out to reveal the origins and formations of the minerals by determining the mineralogical compositions
of Early Miocene aged sedimentary rocks outcropping in the northeast of Korkut district, 20 km from Muş. 75 rock samples
were taken by measuring two stratigraphic sections from Mollababa Formation (Aquitanian) and Aktaş Formation
(Burdigalian) cropping out in the study area. XRD (X-ray diffraction) WR (whole-rock) analyzes were performed on these rock
samples, and calcite, quartz, feldspar, clinoptilolite and clay minerals were determined in their compositions. CF (clay fraction)
mineralogical compositions were determined by performing XRD detailed clay analyzes on 20 selected rock samples. In clay
fractions; chlorite, illite, serpentine, mixed-layered chlorite-vermiculite (C-V) and non-clay minerals such as calcite, quartz and
feldspar were determined. SEM-EDS (scanning electron microscope - energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) studies were
carried out on five selected samples, and in addition to clay minerals such as feldspar, calcite, chlorite and C-V, fossils were
also observed. When all the data were evaluated, it was interpreted that the chemical and biogenic origin of the calcite mineral,
the detrital origin of the quartz, feldspar, chlorite and serpentine minerals, the neoformation product of clinoptilolite, C-V
mineral formed from dark-colored minerals with negative transformation.