Biotite alteration to halloysite and kaolinite in soil-saprolite profiles developed from mica schist and granite gneiss

Geoderma

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 155-170

  Kretzschmar, R ^a   Robarge, W P ^b   Amoozegar, A ^b   Vepraskas, M J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biotite; electron microscopy; halloysite; kaolinite; saprolite; weathering

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; BIOTITE; GNEISS; HALLOYSITE; KAOLINITE; MICA SCHIST; SAPROLITE; WEATHERING;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, PIEDMONT;

EID: 0031060909     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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