Clay- and zeolite-bearing Triassic sediments at Kaka Point, New Zealand: Evidence of microbially influenced mineral formation from earliest diagenesis into the lowest grade of metamorphism

Clay Minerals

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-423

  Jeans, C V ^a   Fallick, A E ^b   Fisher, M J ^c   Merriman, R J ^d   Corfield, R M ^e   Manighetti, B ^a  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Nevis Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; ZEOLITES;

DIAGENESIS; METAMORPHOSIS; VOLCANIC ASH;

SEDIMENTS;

ALTERATION; ASH; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; ZEOLITE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGA, KAKA POINT;

EID: 0031226499     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.1997.032.3.04     Document Type: Article

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