Submicroscopic structure of Fe-coatings on ouartz grains in tropical environments

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 801-810

  Padmanabhan, E ^a   Mermut, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron Microscopy; Fe coating; Fe nodules; Fe oxide Forms; Submicroscopic Structure; Ultrathin Sections; X ray Microprobe Analysis

Indexed keywords

GRAIN COATING; IRON OXIDE; KAOLINITE; QUARTZ; TEM; X-RAY MICROBE; X-RAY MICROPROBE;

EID: 0030404866     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1996.0440611     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Amouric M, Baronnet A, Nahon D, Didier P. 1986. Electron microscopic investigations of iron oxyhydroxides and accompanying phases in lateritic iron-crust pisolites. Clays Clay Miner 34:45-52.
2. Arshad MA, St. Arnaud RJ. 1980. Occurrence and characteristics of ferromanganiferous concretions in some Saskatchewan soils. Can J Soil Sci 60:685-695.
3. Bascomb CL. 1968. Distribution of pyrophosphate-extractable iron and organic carbon in soils of various groups. J Soil Sci 19:251-268.
4. Brewer R. 1976. Fabric and mineral analysis of soils. Melbourne, FL: Robert E. Kriger. 482 p.
5. Bruemmer GW, Gerth J, Tiller KG. 1988. Reaction kinetics of the adsorption and desorption of nickel, zinc and cadmium by goethite: I. Adsorption and diffusion of metals. Soil Sci 39:37-52.
6. Bui EN, Mermut AR, Santos MCD. 1989. Microscopic and ultramicroscopic porosity of an Oxisol as determined by image analyses and water retention. Soil Sci Soc Am J 53:661-665.
7. Bullock P, Fedoroff N, Jongerius A, Stoops G, Tursina T, Babel U. 1985. Handbook for soil thin section description. Wolverhampton, UK: Waine Research. 152 p.
8. Cescas MP, Tyner EH, Harmer RS. 1970. Ferro-manganiferous soil concretions: a scanning electron microscopic study of their micropore structure. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 34:641-644.
9. Cho HD, Mermut AR. 1992. Evidence for halloysite formation from the weathering of ferruginous chlorite. Clays Clay Miner 40:608-619.
10. Eswaran H, Lim CH, Sooryanarayana V, Nordin Daud. 1978. Scanning electron microscopy of secondary minerals in Fe-Mn glaebules. In: Delgado M, editor. Soil micromorphology. Proceedings of the 5th international working meeting on soil micromorphology; Grenada, Spain. Grenada: Departmento de Edafologia, Univ de Granada. p 589-609.
11. Eswaran H, Stoops G. 1979. Surface textures of quartz in tropical soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 43:420-424.
12. Eswaran H, Sys C, Sousa EC. 1975. Plasma infusion - a pedological process of significance in the humid tropics. Anales de Edafologia y Agrobiologia 34:665-673.
13. Gallaher RN, Perkins HF, Radcliffe D. 1973. Soil concretions: I. X-ray spectrograph and electron microprobe analysis. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 37:465-469.
14. Gallaher RN, Perkins HF, Tan KH, Radcliffe D. 1973. Soil concretions: II. Mineralogical analysis. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 37:469-472.
15. Ghabru SK, St. Arnaud RJ, Mermut AR. 1987. Liquid magnetic separation of iron-bearing minerals from sand fractions of soils. Can J Soil Sci 67:561-569.
16. Herbillon AJ, Tran VAJ. 1969. Heterogeneity in silicon-iron mixed hydroxides. J Soil Sci 20:223-235.
17. Jackson ML. 1973. Soil chemical analysis-advanced course. 2nd ed, 8th printing. Madison, WI: ML Jackson, Univ of Wisconsin. 895 p.
18. Jones RC, Uehara G. 1973. Amorphous coatings on mineral surfaces. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 37:792-798.
19. Krauskopf KB. 1967. Introduction to geochemistry. New York: McGraw-Hill. 721 p
20. Lewis DG, Schwertmann U. 1979. The influence of aluminium on the formation of iron oxides: IV. The influence of (Al), (OH) and temperature. Clays Clay Miner 27:195-200.
21. McKeague JA, Day JH. 1966. Dithionite- and oxalate-extractable Fe and Al as aids in differentiating various classes of soils. Can J Soil Sci 46:13-22.
22. Mehra OP, Jackson ML. 1960. Iron oxides removal from soils and clays by a dithionite-citrate system buffered with sodium bicarbonate. Clays Clay Miner 7:317-327.
23. Milnes AR, Fitzpatrick RW. 1989. Titanium and zirconium minerals. In: Dixon JB, Weed SB, editors. Minerals in soil environments. 2nd ed. Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America. p 1132-1205.
24. Mohr ECJ, van Baren FA, van Schuylenbourgh J. 1972. Tropical soils: a comprehensive study of their genesis. The Netherlands: Geuze Dordrecht. 481 p.
25. Nahon DB. 1991. Self-organization in chemical lateritic weathering. Geoderma 51:5-13.
26. Padmanabhan E, Mermut AR. 1995. The problem in expressing the specific surface areas of clay fractions. Clays Clay Miner 43:237-245.
27. Pawluk S, Dumanski J. 1973. Ferruginous concretions in a poorly drained soil of Alberta. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 37:124-127.
28. Plançon A, Giese RF, Snyder R. 1988. The Hinckley Index for kaolinites. Clay Miner 23:249-260.
29. Santos MCD, Mermut AR, Ribeiro MR. 1989. Submicroscopy of clay microaggregates in an Oxisol from Pernambuco, Brazil. Soil Sci Soc Am J 53:1895-1901.
30. Schwertmann U. 1985. Occurrence and formation of iron oxides in various pedoenvironments. In: Stucki JW, Goodman BA, Schwertmann U, editors. Iron in soils and clay minerals. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, vol 217. Boston: D. Reidel. p 267-308.
31. Schwertmann U, Fitzpatrick RW, Le Roux J. 1977. Al-substitution and differential disorder in soil hematites. Clays Clay Miner 25:373-374.
32. Schwertmann U, Fitzpatrick RW, Taylor RM, Lewis DG. 1979. The influence of aluminium on iron oxides: Part II. Preparation and properties of Al-substituted hematites. Clays Clay Miner 27:105-112.
33. Schwertmann U, Taylor RM. 1989. Iron oxides. In: Dixon JB, Weed SB, editors. Minerals in soil environments. 2nd ed. Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America p 379-438.
34. Shadfan H, Dixon JB, Calhoun FG. 1985. Iron oxide properties versus strength of ferruginous crust and iron-glaebules in soils. Soil Sci 140:317-325.
35. Sherman GD, Kanehiro Y. 1954. Origin and development of ferruginous concretions in Hawaiian Latosols. Soil Sci 77:1-8.
36. Smart P, Tovey K. 1982. Electron microscopy of soils and sediments: techniques. Oxford: Clarendon Pr. 264 p.
37. Sposito G, Reginato RJ, editors. 1992. Opportunities in basic soil science research. Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America. 109 p.
38. Spurr AR. 1969. A low- viscosity epoxy embedding medium for electron microscopy. J Ultrastruct Res 26:31-43.
39. 3+-kaolinite in bauxites and ferricretes: an approach to the mechanism of concretion formation. Am J Sci 285:865-903.
40. Taylor RM, Schwertmann U. 1974. The association of phosphorous with iron in ferruginous soil concretions. Aust J Soil Res 12:133-145.
41. Tiessen H, Frossard E, Mermut AR, Nyamekye AL. 1991. Phosphorous sorption and properties of ferruginous nodules from semiarid soils from Ghana and Brazil. Geoderma 48:373-389.
42. 3+-hematite equilibria in laterites. Clay Miner 24:1-21.
43. Vempati RK, Loeppert RH, Sittertz-Bhatkar H. 1990. Infrared vibration of hematite formed from aqueous and dry thermal incubation of Si-containing ferrihydrite. Clays Clay Miner 38:294-298.