Exploración de composición litológica, mineralógica y química de los suelos del sector Alamala – Catamayo, polígono 2.

Abstract

The present work details the results obtained from the studies carried out in the area known as Loma Alamala, it is located in the canton Catamayo, province of Loja. For this, different laboratory techniques were used, such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), which were applied to a total of 21 samples taken from the study area. The laboratory results focused on determining the major elements such as Si, Al, Fe, K, Ca, Mg, Mn and S, with which the descriptive statistics was made to finally develop maps of geochemical anomalies, and thus give the correct interpretation of how the elements intervene in the geochemistry and geology of the area.