Weathering of chlorite in a quartz-chlorite schist: I. Mineralogical and chemical changes

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 244-256

  Murakami, Takashi ^a,c   Isobe, Hiroshi ^b   Sato, Tsutomu ^b   Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alteration; Chlorite; Kaolinite; Uranium Ore Deposit; Vermiculite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; KAOLINITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; URANIUM; VERMICULITE;

EID: 0029730026     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1996.0440210     Document Type: Article

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