THE MINERALOGICAL STUDY OF THE GROTTA INFERIORE DI SANT'ANGELO (SOUTHERN ITALY)

被引：8

作者：

Catalano, Manuela ^{[1
]}

Bloise, Andrea ^{[2
]}

Miriello, Domenico ^{[2
]}

Apollaro, Carmine ^{[2
]}

Critelli, Teresa ^{[2
]}

Muto, Francesco ^{[2
]}

Cazzanelli, Enzo ^{[1
]}

Barrese, Eugenio ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Fis, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende, CS, Italy

[2] Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Biol Ecol & Sci Terra, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende, CS, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES | 2014年 / 76卷 / 01期

关键词：

HEMATITE; SARDINIA; CALABRIA; CAVES;

D O I：

10.4311/2012ES0284

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

In the present work, thirteen samples collected from the Grotta Inferiore di Sant'Angelo near the town of Cassano allo Jonio (Calabria region, southern Italy) were analyzed for their mineralogy. The Grotta Inferiore di Sant'Angelo is made up of sub-horizontal, interlinked galleries between 400 and 450 meters above sea level. The floor is littered with deposits sucli as bat-guano, gypsum, and many speleothems that also cover the walls. The samples were identified and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometer, microthermometry, and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The ten primary minerals identified in this study belong to six different groups: carbonate, sulfate, apatite, oxide and hydroxide, halide, and silicate. Clay minerals and eight other detrital minerals were also found: enstatite, rutile, magnesite, pyrite, chrysotile, quartz, dolomite, and chlorite. Characterization of cave minerals could be useful to improve the knowledge of the relation between them and the lithology of the host rocks.

引用

页码：51 / 61

页数：11

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