LITHOFACIES FEATURES AND FORMATIONAL CONDITIONS OF PALEOGENE ZEOLITE-BEARING COMPLEXES IN THE SOUTHERN RUSSIAN PLATFORM

Abstract

Zeolites are represented by clinoptilolite (from 15-20 to 30-32%) in Paleogene rocks of the southern Russian Platform. Zeolite-bearing complexes formed under coastal-marine conditions of the platform type. Clinoptilolite, originated at the diagenetic stage from mud solutions predominantly at the expense of biogenic silica, belongs to the sedimentary genetic type. © Pleiades Publishing, Inc. 2006.