A hydrogeological model for palygorskite formation in the Danian continental facies of the Provence Basin (France)

Clay Minerals

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 333-347

  Colson, J ^a   Cojan, I ^a   Thiry, M ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CIG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY;

HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODEL; PALYGORSKITE; SILTSTONE;

CLAY MINERALS;

DANIAN; HYDROGEOLOGY; PALYGORSKITE; SMECTITE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032100994     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/000985598545516     Document Type: Article

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