Atomic-resolution transmission electron microscope evidence for the mechanism by which chlorite weathers to 1:1 semi-regular chlorite-vermiculite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 348-357

  Banfield, Jillian F ^a   Murakami, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ATOMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION IMAGES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTERLAYER STACKING; INTERMEDIATE CHEMICALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE AL; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CHLORITE; TEM; VERMICULITE; WEATHERING;

EID: 0031871219     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-3-419     Document Type: Article

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