The kinetics of the smectite to illite transformation in Cretaceous bentonites, Cerro Negro, New Mexico

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-296

  Elliott, W Crawford ^a   Edenfield, Andrea M ^a   Wampler, J Marion ^b   Matisoff, Gerald ^c   Long, Philip E ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Cerro Negro; Cretaceous; I S; Illite; K Ar; Kinetics; Microorganisms; New Mexico; Smectite

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS BENTONITES; ILLITE; NEW MEXICO; SMECTITE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BENTONITE; ILLITE; KINETICS; MICROORGANISM; SMECTITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CERRO NEGRO; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032826899     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1999.0470304     Document Type: Article

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