Controls on kaolinite and dickite distribution, Highland Boundary Fault Zone, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 635-640

  Parnell, John ^a   Baron, Martin ^a   Boyce, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dickite; Kaolin; Kaolinite; Palaeotemperature; Scotland

Indexed keywords

DICKITE; KAOLINITE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034106211     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.3.635     Document Type: Article

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