PETROLOGIA I DIAGENEZA DOLNOKREDOWYCH PIASKOWCÓW NIECKI PŁOCKIEJ

Abstract

PETROLOGY AND DIAGENESIS OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS SANDSTONES FROM THE PŁOCK TROUGHAbstract. The investigations were carried out on sandstones from 15 boreholes. The rocks are represented chiefly by quartz and sublithic arenites and wackes, and composed mostly of mono-and polycrystalline quartz grains, lithoclasts, feldspars and micas. Fe-ooids and glauconite are locally observed. The sandstones have undergone diagenetic processes, mainly of compaction, cementation and dissolution. Effects of mechanical compaction were identified. As a result of cementation processes, carbonate, clay, iron and phosphatic minerals were formed. Among these carbonate cements occur abundantly. Calcites contain admixture of Fe. Siderites show a composition of sideroplesite. Authigenic clay minerals are represented by glauconite, berthierine and kaolinite. There are also iron compounds: goethite, hematite and pyrite. The Upper Albian deposits contain phosphatic nodules composed of francolite. Most of the minerals formed during eodiagenesis. Less frequent effects of cementation occurred during mesodiagenesis when the deposits were buried to larger depths. The sandstones were subjected to processes of telodiagenesis during tectonic inversion of the study area. Compaction and cementation processes resulted in reduction of intergranular space. During dissolution of quartz and feldspar grains, secondary pores were formed.