Estimation of Silica, Carbonate and Other Clay Mineral Content by FTIR Spectroscopy in Mud-Rich Sediments and its Implications for Sediment Provenance Analysis

Haley Snyder1, Edgardo J Pujols2,3, Ozge Gunaydin-Sen4 and Julio Leva-Lopez3, (1)Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (3)Lamar University, Earth and Space Sciences, Beaumont, TX, United States, (4)Lamar University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Beaumont, United States