Rare earth element contents, geochemistry of soil samples between Burdur and Isparta region and assessment of their origin

Abstract

This study was carried out in 5 locations between Burdur and Isparta in the inner southern part ofIsparta Bend. The study aims to determine the rare earth element (REE) concentrations in the soilsamples collected from the field and to interpret the origin of the high concentrations detected. Inthis context, a total of 104 samples were collected from Canakli Village (19 samples), CobanisaVillage (34 samples), Kuyubasi Village (17 samples), Kuzca Village (17 samples), and YilanliVillage (17 samples) in the study field. The average ∑REE (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy,Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) concentration values of the samples by their locations were determined to beÇobanisa (821.88 ppm) > Yılanlı (723.39 ppm) > Kuzca (692.54 ppm) > Çanaklı (583.46 ppm) >Kuyubaşı (484.04 ppm). The average light rare earth element (LREEs) concentration (such as La229 ppm, Ce 378 ppm) of the samples collected from all locations is higher than the average rareearth element concentration in the Earth’s crust. According to the Chondrite-normalized Rare EarthElements diagram, the distributions of the rare earth elements in these 5 locations were determinedto be very similar and the high concentrations were considered to occur under similar conditions ororiginated from similar sources. In this context, based on the idea that Gölcük Volcanism may bethe source of high concentrations, the rare earth element concentrations of Gölcük Volcanism in thenorthwest of the zone were compared to those taken from the study area and the values were foundto be consistent with each other.