The smectite to chlorite transition in the Chipilapa geothermal system, El Salvador

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-619

  Robinson, D ^a   Santana De Zamora, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

CORE MATERIAL; EL SALVADOR; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MINOR PHASE; MIXED LAYERING; NARROW TEMPERATURE RANGES; SHARP TRANSITION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CHLORITE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PHASE TRANSITION; SMECTITE;

EL SALVADOR;

EID: 0032844491     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-0414     Document Type: Article

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