Oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition of kaolinite deposits, Cape Peninsula, South Africa: Low-temperature, meteoric origin

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1353-1366

  Harris, Chris ^a   Compton, John S ^a   Bevington, Sally A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KAOLINITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERAL ALTERATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; WEATHERING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033504452     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.8.1353     Document Type: Article

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