Table 3 ED-XRF analysis of the concretions (wt%)
Region | wt% | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al | Si | S | K | Ca | Ti | Fe | ||
Natural surface | Yellow skeleton | 9.9 | 41.5 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 42.8 |
Brown concretions | 7.8 | 38.3 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 47.3 | |
Black–brown filler | 4.7 | 16.2 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 73.5 | |
Bonding interface | Yellow–brown region | 8.8 | 47.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 39.7 |