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Major and Trace Elements Geochemistry of Laterites from the Swarnagadde Plateau, Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka, India
Rajendrakumar Budihal, Ganapathi Pujar
Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics
.
2018
, 6(1), 12-20 doi:10.12691/jgg-6-1-2
Figure
1
. Generalized geological map of the study area
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Figure
2
.
Field photograph of complete weathered lateritic profile of the study area showing different zones from protolith to top duricrust
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Figure
3
.
Distribution of major elements of the laterite profile. (A) SiO
2
and Fe
2
O
3
. (B) TiO
2
, Al
2
O
3
and Loss on Ignition
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Figure
4
.
Scatter plots of major oxides in the lateritic deposits (A) SiO
2
/Al
2
O
3
. (B) Fe
2
O
3
/Al
2
O
3
and (C) TiO
2
/Al
2
O
3
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Figure
5
.
Triangular plot of SiO
2
-Fe
2
O
3
-Al
2
O
3
showing degree of lateritization (after Schellmann, 1986)
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Figure
6
.
A-CN-K ternary diagram (modified from Nesbitt and Young. 1982; Fedo et al., 1995) showing weathering trends of laterite profile
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Figure
7
.
Variation diagrams showing correlations between trace elements in the studied laterite profile
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