Investigating Interactions between the Silica and Carbon Cycles during Precipitation and Early Diagenesis of Authigenic Clay/Carbonate-Mineral Associations in the Carbonate Rock Record

Judith A. McKenzie1, Francisca Martinez-Ruiz2, Monica Sanchez-Roman3, Sylvia Anjos4, Tomaso R.R. Bontognali5, Gabriela S. Nascimento5 and Crisogono Vasconcelos1, (1)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Geological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra(CSIC-UGR), Marine Geosciences, Granada, Spain, (3)Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (4)Petrobras S.A., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (5)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland