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Table 1 Quantitative determination of mineralogy of the size fractions determined by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) on air-dried and glycolated samples

From: Timing and conditions of brittle faulting on the Silltal-Brenner Fault Zone, Eastern Alps (Austria)

Sample

Quartz

Plagioclase

Calcite

Chlorite

Smectite

Illite/Mica 2M1

Paragonite 2M1

SB2 <0.4 μm

   

5

35

60

 

SB2 <2 μm

<1

  

9

32

59

 

SB2 2–6 μm

2

  

9

34

55

 

SB2 6–10 μm

2

  

10

34

54

 

SB3 <0.4 μm

   

3

34

63

 

SB3 <2 μm

   

7

17

75

1

SB3 2–6 μm

4

  

19

13

60

4

SB3 6–10 μm

9

  

34

5

47

5

SB4 <0.1 μm

   

2

9

88

 

SB4 <0.4 μm

   

6

33

61

 

SB4 <2 μm

   

6

32

62

 

SB4 2–6 μm

2

  

11

27

60

<1

SB4 6–10 μm

4

  

20

21

53

2

BF1 <0.1 μm

   

12

 

88

 

BF1 <0.4 μm

   

15

 

85

 

BF1 <2 μm

2

  

17

 

81

 

BF1 2–6 μm

5

2

 

17

 

76

 

BF1 6–10 μm

10

2

 

11

 

76

 

BF1 WR

24

5

2

9

 

60

 

BF2 <0.1 μm

   

11

 

89

 

BF2 <0.4 μm

   

10

 

90

 

BF2 <2 μm

2

  

23

 

76

 

BF2 2–6 μm

2

  

17

 

81

 

BF2 6–10 μm

6

  

17

 

76

 

BF2 WR

33

6

 

8

 

52

 
  1. The potential error on the estimates is taken as ±5 %. WR (“whole rock”) refers to the field sample as collected, without size fraction separation