Evolution of illite/smectite from early diagenesis through incipient metamorphism in sediments of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 304-323

  Nieto, F ^a   Ortega Huertas, M ^a   Peacor, D R ^b   Arostegui, J ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Cantabrian Basin; Diagenesis; Illite; Smectite

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALOGY; DIAGENESIS; ILLITE; METAMORPHISM; SMECTITE;

SPAIN, BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN;

EID: 0029750016     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1996.0440302     Document Type: Article

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