Ayetullah Tunc , Yakup Çelik , Renfei Feng , Olcay İnanç , Yuanming Pan
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The EPR spectra of quartz separates are characterized by the presence of diagnostic radiation-induced defects (i.e., silicon-vacancy hole centers <em>H</em>′<sub>3</sub>, <em>H</em>′<sub>4</sub>, and <em>H</em>′<sub>7</sub> with <em>g</em><sub><em>max</em></sub> = 2.049, 2.034, and 2.018, respectively, and the oxygen-vacancy electron center <em>E</em>′<sub>1</sub>), formed by the bombardment of alpha particles emitted from uranium, thorium, and their unstable progenies. Moreover, notable decreases in the intensity of silicon-vacancy hole centers in the EPR spectra of quartz separates after partial dissolution with hydrofluoric acid, provide compelling evidence for the circulation of uranium-bearing fluids in the Thrace Basin. The μsXRF and μsXANES data reveal the occurrences of mixed U<sup>6+</sup> and U<sup>4+</sup> species in hematite partially replacing pyrite aggregates but dominantly U<sup>4+</sup> in disseminated pyrite and illite in sandstones of the Süloğlu Formation. These results provide new insights into uranium transport, reduction, and deposition mechanisms, with important implications for better understanding sandstone-type uranium deposits in general and further exploration in the Thrace Basin.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geochemical Exploration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674224001493/pdfft?md5=92eb5469f6464e4fc939142a31f7ff94&pid=1-s2.0-S0375674224001493-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Uranium mineralization in the Thrace Basin, NW Türkiye: Evidence from radiation-induced defects in detrital quartz and synchrotron XRF/XANES analysis\",\"authors\":\"Ayetullah Tunc , Yakup Çelik , Renfei Feng , Olcay İnanç , Yuanming Pan\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107533\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><p>The Paleogene-Neogene Thrace Basin in northwestern Türkiye has long been known to host economic gas and oil resources and has recently been reported to potentially host sandstone-type uranium deposits in the Oligocene Süloğlu Formation. The latter discovery raises questions about the source and deposition mechanism of uranium mineralization in the basin. This contribution reports on the results of a detailed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic study of detrital quartz from four sandstone and one mudstone samples in the Süloğlu Formation and documents the distribution and speciation of uranium using combined microbeam synchrotron X-ray fluorescence maps (μsXRF) and microbeam X-ray near edge structure spectroscopy (μsXANES). The EPR spectra of quartz separates are characterized by the presence of diagnostic radiation-induced defects (i.e., silicon-vacancy hole centers <em>H</em>′<sub>3</sub>, <em>H</em>′<sub>4</sub>, and <em>H</em>′<sub>7</sub> with <em>g</em><sub><em>max</em></sub> = 2.049, 2.034, and 2.018, respectively, and the oxygen-vacancy electron center <em>E</em>′<sub>1</sub>), formed by the bombardment of alpha particles emitted from uranium, thorium, and their unstable progenies. 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Uranium mineralization in the Thrace Basin, NW Türkiye: Evidence from radiation-induced defects in detrital quartz and synchrotron XRF/XANES analysis
The Paleogene-Neogene Thrace Basin in northwestern Türkiye has long been known to host economic gas and oil resources and has recently been reported to potentially host sandstone-type uranium deposits in the Oligocene Süloğlu Formation. The latter discovery raises questions about the source and deposition mechanism of uranium mineralization in the basin. This contribution reports on the results of a detailed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic study of detrital quartz from four sandstone and one mudstone samples in the Süloğlu Formation and documents the distribution and speciation of uranium using combined microbeam synchrotron X-ray fluorescence maps (μsXRF) and microbeam X-ray near edge structure spectroscopy (μsXANES). The EPR spectra of quartz separates are characterized by the presence of diagnostic radiation-induced defects (i.e., silicon-vacancy hole centers H′3, H′4, and H′7 with gmax = 2.049, 2.034, and 2.018, respectively, and the oxygen-vacancy electron center E′1), formed by the bombardment of alpha particles emitted from uranium, thorium, and their unstable progenies. Moreover, notable decreases in the intensity of silicon-vacancy hole centers in the EPR spectra of quartz separates after partial dissolution with hydrofluoric acid, provide compelling evidence for the circulation of uranium-bearing fluids in the Thrace Basin. The μsXRF and μsXANES data reveal the occurrences of mixed U6+ and U4+ species in hematite partially replacing pyrite aggregates but dominantly U4+ in disseminated pyrite and illite in sandstones of the Süloğlu Formation. These results provide new insights into uranium transport, reduction, and deposition mechanisms, with important implications for better understanding sandstone-type uranium deposits in general and further exploration in the Thrace Basin.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Geochemical Exploration is mostly dedicated to publication of original studies in exploration and environmental geochemistry and related topics.
Contributions considered of prevalent interest for the journal include researches based on the application of innovative methods to:
define the genesis and the evolution of mineral deposits including transfer of elements in large-scale mineralized areas.
analyze complex systems at the boundaries between bio-geochemistry, metal transport and mineral accumulation.
evaluate effects of historical mining activities on the surface environment.
trace pollutant sources and define their fate and transport models in the near-surface and surface environments involving solid, fluid and aerial matrices.
assess and quantify natural and technogenic radioactivity in the environment.
determine geochemical anomalies and set baseline reference values using compositional data analysis, multivariate statistics and geo-spatial analysis.
assess the impacts of anthropogenic contamination on ecosystems and human health at local and regional scale to prioritize and classify risks through deterministic and stochastic approaches.
Papers dedicated to the presentation of newly developed methods in analytical geochemistry to be applied in the field or in laboratory are also within the topics of interest for the journal.