Dissolution of K-feldspar into Si-Al gel and crystallization of halloysite identified in the kaolin deposit of Sao Vicente de Pereira (Portugal)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Bobos, Iuliu ^a   Gomes, Celso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Halloysite 0.7 nm; K feldspar dissolution; Kaolin deposit; Portugal; Scanning and transmission electron microscopy; Si Al gel; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; HALLOYSITE; WEATHERING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0034143291     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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