Rare-earth elements as tracers of the genetic relationship between smectite and palygorskite in marine phosphorites

Clay Minerals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-427

  Chahi, A ^a,b   Clauer, N ^a   Toulkeridis, T ^a,c   Bouabdelli, M ^b  

^a France and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; PHOSPHORUS; PURIFICATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

PALYGORSKITE; PHOSPHORITE; SMECTITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

MARINE SEDIMENT; PALYGORSKITE; PHOSPHORITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SMECTITE;

GANNTOUR BASIN; MOROCCO;

EID: 0033401380     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/000985599546325     Document Type: Article

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