Table T6. X-ray diffraction data and error analysis for clay-sized standards.
<2 µm size fraction:
Peak area (total counts)
Calculated abundance (wt%)*
Error (calculated - measured) (%)*
Mix
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Quartz
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Quartz
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Quartz
1 6,904 5,537 7,635 2,740 27 25 22 26 4 -2 2 -4
2 17,041 8,172 13,570 623 31 32 30 7 -5 1 1 3
3 24,973 3,839 4,072 2,886 47 18 12 24 -3 1 3 -1
4 35,314 3,250 11,494 1,291 55 13 23 9 0 0 -1 1
5 33,861 1,897 2,599 2,834 59 11 7 23 -5 1 1 3
6 58,195 1,205 7,259 2,176 76 4 9 11 2 0 -2 0
8 34,985 8,494 24,425 0 38 24 38 0 -4 1 3 0
9 14,764 15,412 5,823 1,359 31 48 9 12 2 0 -2 0
10 60,065 2,031 11,199 1,490 76 5 15 5 4 -2 -1 -1
11 4,237 9,622 17,802 692 14 36 39 11 3 -2 -3 1
12 6,086 4,194 21,143 1,047 16 21 48 14 1 1 -3 1
Clay minerals only:
Relative abundance (wt%)*
Error (calculated - measured) (%)*
Relative abundance (area%)
Error (calculated - measured) (%)
Mix
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
1 36 34 30 4 -5 1 16 50 34 -17 11 6
2 33 34 32 -4 2 3 22 43 35 -16 10 6
3 61 23 15 -4 1 4 52 32 17 -14 9 5
4 60 15 25 1 0 -1 50 18 32 -9 4 6
5 76 14 9 -4 2 1 73 16 11 -7 4 3
6 85 4 10 3 0 -3 75 6 19 -7 1 6
8 38 24 38 -4 1 3 30 29 41 -12 6 6
9 36 54 10 2 0 -2 17 70 13 -17 16 1
10 79 5 16 3 -2 -1 66 9 25 -10 2 8
11 16 40 44 4 -1 -3 5 49 45 -7 7 -1
12 19 25 56 1 2 -3 9 26 65 -8 2 6

Notes: * = SVD normalization factors. † = Biscaye (1965) weighting factors.