Origin and classification of coastal plain kaolins, southeastern usa, and the role of groundwater and microbial action

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 274-285

  Hurst, Vernon J ^a   Pickering Jr , Sam M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Industrial Mineral Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite Origin; Kaolin Classification; Kaolin Origin; Microbial Weathering; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BAUXITE DEPOSITS; COASTAL ZONES; CRYSTALLIZATION; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES; WEATHERING;

DYSOXIC WEATHERING; MICROBIAL WEATHERING; OXIC WEATHERING;

KAOLIN;

CLASSIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; KAOLIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WEATHERING;

USA, ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN;

EID: 0031126647     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1997.0450215     Document Type: Article

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