Oxygen isotope compositions of mixed-layer serpentine-chlorite and illite-smectite in the Tuscaloosa Formation (U.S. Gulf Coast): Implications for pore fluids and mineralogic reactions

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-368

  Ryan, P C ^a   Conrad, M E ^b   Brown, K ^c   Chamberlain, C P ^c   Reynolds Jr , R C ^c  

^a Salish Kootenai College   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Illite smectite; Oxygen isotopes; Sandstone; Serpentine chlorite; Tuscaloosa formation

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAYERED SILICATES;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CHLORITE; DIAGENESIS; ILLITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; POREWATER; SANDSTONE; SERPENTINE; SMECTITE;

GULF COAST; UNITED STATES;

MICA;

EID: 0032148069     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1998.0460401     Document Type: Article

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