Basis for meaningful illite crystallinity measurements: An example from the Swiss Prealps

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-83

  Jaboyedoff, M ^a   Kubler B ^b   Sartori, M ^c   Thelin Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c Departement Geologie Paleontologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anchizone; Fundamental particles; Illite crystallinity; Illite smectite; Low grade metamorphism; Mixed layer

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; ILLITE; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034121369     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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