Mineralogy and diagenetic impacts on chemical composition of Paleozoic mudrocks, southwestern Sinai, Egypt

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 7 Chemical composition (major components in ppm) of the Paleozoic mudrocks

Age			Fms.	S. No.	Ti	Cr	Y	Co	Nb	Mn	V	Ni	Cu	Zn	Pb	Sr	Ba	Rb	Zr	Ce	Th	Ga
Paleozoic	Late Paleozoic	Early Carboniferous	Magharet El Maiah	75	9500	100	68	42	47	63	182	58	75	128	118	240	n.d.	69	402	223	28	52
				73	9100	123	100	35	62	62	106	28	63	29	52	364	n.d.	41	586	263	45	26
				66	7200	113	40	50	35	32	273	36	41	13	479	1149	n.d.	21	621	191	19	25
			El Hashash	62	100	172	29	83	26	61	538	56	59	33	356	13	172	13	502	110	33	14
	Early Paleozoic	Cambro-Ordovician	Adedia	40	5400	104	32	99	25	321	101	78	42	159	64	739	588	227	429	247	13	22
			Adedia	35	200	117	23	68	20	116	58	62	47	53	39	436	1180	208	476	520	12	24
			Abu Hamat.	30	12,300	129	83	81	39	487	169	71	42	107	81	299	880	234	2237	300	62	30
				25	5800	120	32	90	19	368	152	76	41	130	81	269	820	287	414	286	12	40
				23	5600	100	40	76	17	275	283	94	44	165	79	299	843	227	497	223	36	18