Mineralogy of the Lower Aptian sediments from the borehole Hoheneggelsen KB 40, with special emphasis on the clay mineralogy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 569-580

  Benesch, Martin ^a   Heydemann, Annerose ^a   Usdowski, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Dark claystone sequence; Fish shale; Lower Aptian; Lower Saxony Basin; Randomly interstratified vermiculite illite

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BLACK SHALE; CLAY MINERAL; CLAYSTONE; MINERALOGY;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY BASIN;

CARBONIFEROUS; HEDBERGELLA;

EID: 0032463366     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1998.0120     Document Type: Article

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