Black shales are the object of interest to geologists, chemists and biologists. They are widely found around the world and have different ages. Black shales are rich in organic matter, clay minerals and sand grains. Black shale and extracted porosity solution (sub-micron fraction) were analyzed by ICP-MS. During the crystallization of the submicron fraction, structures similar to the macrostructure and similar to the organic world are formed. The structured porous matter microstructures show similarity to the macro- and micro world structures and elements of biological communities. Spheroids are ball-shaped seeds, formed from the nano-particles present in the initial sub-micron fraction. They serve as source elements for crystalloid structures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPROCESSES AND PHENOMENA ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN BIOGENIC AND ABIOGENIC NATURE
EditorsOV FrankKamenetskaya, DY Vlasov, EG Panova, SN Lessovaia
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages729-747
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-21614-6
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-21613-9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
PublisherSPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
ISSN (Print)2193-8571

    Scopus subject areas

  • Computers in Earth Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

    Research areas

  • Black shales, Macro-, micro- and organic structures, Sub-micron fraction

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