Ay. Iskhakov, EVOLUTION OF PETROGENIC ELEMENTS DURING THE PROCESS OF SECONDARY ALTERATION OF VOLCANOCLASTIC ROCKS OF THE OCEAN-FLOOR, Okeanologia, 38(3), 1998, pp. 442-444
The author consideres a balance of material during secondary alteratio
n of volcanoclastic rocks of the ocean floor from the region of Marsha
ll islands. The study revealed a removal of Sl, Mg, Fe, Ca and enrichm
ent in K, Na. Mn concentrates at the surface of volcanic fragments.