Chlorite, corrensite, and chlorite-mica in Late Jurassic fluvio-lacustrine sediments of the Cameros basin of Northeastern Spain

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-265

  Barrenechea, José F ^a   Rodas, Magdalena ^a   Frey, Martin ^b   Alonso Azcárate, Jacinto ^c   Mas, José Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cameros basin; Chlorite; Chlorite mica; Corrensite; EMPA; Low grade metamorphism; Sedimentary facies; Spain; XRD

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; MICA; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHLORITE; CORRENSITE; FLUVIO LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM;

CLAY MINERALS;

CHLORITE; CORRENSITE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM;

CAMEROS BASIN; SPAIN;

MICA;

EID: 0034067505     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2000.0480212     Document Type: Article

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