Preliminary genetic model of zeolitic tuff deposits in the tertiary basins of Serbia

Abstract

Deposits of zeolite tuffs, rich in minerals of the heylandite-clinoptilolite series, in Serbia are spatially and genetically related to volcanogenic-sedimentary series of sedimentary basins and were formed as a product of devitrification of volcanic glass. Zeolite minerals in sedimentary rocks of Neogene age are found in association with volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks. The lacustrine or marine environment had a great influence on the diagenesis of sediments and the formation of clinoptilolite at the expense of volcanic glass. In this paper, a preliminary model of the formation of zeolite deposits in the Tertiary basins of Serbia is presented, through the processing of all elements of the genetic model.