Mineral and chemical composition of Karak mudstone, Kohat Plateau, Pakistan: Implications for smectite-illitization and provenance

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 229-247

  Saleemi, Akhtar Ali ^a   Ahmed, Zulfiqar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clay burial; Diagenesis; Mudstones; Pakistan; Smectite expandability; Smectite illitization

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CLAY; DIAGENESIS; ILLITE; MUDSTONE; SMECTITE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034013071     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00113-X     Document Type: Article

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