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Table 1 Mineralogy of the rocks studied

From: Characterizing the physical properties of rocks from the Paleozoic to Permo-Triassic transition in the Upper Rhine Graben

Sample

Quartz

K-Feldspar (Mic + Ort)

Albite (plagioclase)

Biotite

Muscovite/illite

Illite/smectite

Chlorite

Dolomite

Hematite

Hornblende

Total

Saint Pierre Bois

 Basement—granite

  WAG1

42 ± 2

25 ± 2

26 ± 2

3 ± 1

4 ± 1

–

–

–

–

–

100

  WAG2

38 ± 2

31 ± 2

25 ± 2

3 ± 1

3 ± 1

–

–

–

–

–

100

  WAG3*

37 ± 2

28 ± 2

29 ± 2

3 ± 1

4 ± 1

–

–

–

–

–

101

 Sedimentary sequence—arkose

  WAAG1*

62 ± 2

21 ± 2

10 ± 2

–

5 ± 2

–

–

–

1.3 ± 0.2

–

99

  WAAG2

63 ± 2

22 ± 2

10 ± 2

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

1.0 ± 0.2

–

100

  SPB1

76 ± 2

20 ± 2

–

–

3 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

99

  SPB2

72 ± 2

24 ± 2

–

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

0.6 ± 0.2

–

101

  SPB3

80 ± 2

16 ± 2

–

–

5 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

100

  SPB5

68 ± 2

23 ± 2

4 ± 2

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

1.2 ± 0.2

–

99

  SPB6

76 ± 2

17 ± 2

0.5 ± 0.2

–

5 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

99

  SPB7

80 ± 2

15 ± 2

–

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

99

  SPB8

81 ± 2

15 ± 2

–

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

100

  SPB10

65 ± 2

25 ± 2

5 ± 2

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

0.7 ± 0.2

–

100

  SPB11

70 ± 2

23 ± 2

3 ± 1

–

3 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

99

  SPB12

73 ± 2

22 ± 2

–

–

4 ± 2

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

100

Raon l’Etape

 Sedimentary sequence—arkose

  WPS1*

67 ± 2

30 ± 2

1 ± 1

–

2 ± 1

–

–

–

< 0.6

–

100

 Other—dolomite

  WPD1*

15 ± 2

6 ± 1

–

–

3 ± 1

–

–

75 ± 5

–

–

99

Waldhambach

 Sedimentary sequence—arkose

  TAS2*

42 ± 2

6 ± 2

7 ± 2

–

–

35 ± 5

10 ± 2

–

–

–

100

  TAS3

73 ± 2

8 ± 2

13 ± 2

–

4 ± 2

20 ± 5

2 ± 2

–

–

–

100

 Other—hydrothermally altered andesite

  TAB 1

16 ± 2

20 ± 3

30 ± 3

–

–

–

30 ± 4

–

4 ± 1

–

100

Albersweiler

 Basement—metagranite

  TPG1*

33 ± 2

20 ± 1

42 ± 3

1 ± 1

1 ± 1

–

2 ± 4

–

< 0.6

–

99

 Other—metabasite

  TPDG1*

5 ± 2

–

34 ± 3

7 ± 2

6 ± 1

–

15 ± 4

–

1 ± 1

31 ± 3

99

 Other—hydrothermally altered volcanic rock

  TPV1*

17 ± 2

18 ± 1

18 ± 3

–

–

–

30 ± 4

6 ± 1

10 ± 1

–

99

 Sedimentary sequence—breccia

  TPSC1*

32 ± 2

11 ± 3

20 ± 3

–

35 ± 5

–

–

–

2 ± 1

–

100

  1. All values are wt%
  2. *Samples for which thin sections were prepared