Application of visible and infrared spectroscopy for the evaluation of evolved glauconite

作者：Chattoraj Shovan L^*; Banerjee Santanu; van der Meer Freek; Ray P K Champati

来源：International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2018, 64: 301-310.

DOI：10.1016/j.jag.2017.02.007

• Glauconite maturity
• Visible-SWIR
• Expandable layers
• Reflectance
• Emissivity

The Oligocene Maniyara Fort Formation in western India exhibits two distinct glauconite types with different maturation states, which are characterized by their spectral response in the visible to infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Spectral signatures of Maniyara Fort glauconites display absorption features at approximately 0.77, 1.08, 1.9, 2.3 mu m in the visible-short-wave infrared (SWIR) and 2.8 and 10 mu m in the mid-infrared (MIR) region which vary with 1020 content of glauconite. The spectra of glauconite varies significantly as a function of its cationic contents and substitution in different sites. The maturity is found to increase in tandem with the metal-metal charge transfer (CT) and the Fe2+ dd absorption band respectively at 1.08 and 0.77 pm. H2O and OH- signatures at the NIR region reflect differences in the sensitivity of glauconites with different molecular H2O content. In the MIR region, a gradual shift of the Si-O stretch at 10 m towards lower wavelengths indicates the dominance of smectite layers in glauconites. This study demonstrates a strong correlation between the proportion of expandable layers in the glauconite structure with variations in characteristic band position, depth and symmetry in reflectance and emissivity.

• 出版日期2018-2