Three dimensional crystal structures of illite-smectite minerals in paleozoic k-bentonites from the Appalachian basin

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-35

  McCarty, Douglas K ^a   Reynolds Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Cis Vacant octahedra; Crystal structure; Illite Smectite; Polytype; Rotational disorder; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CATCHMENTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

ROTATIONAL DISORDERS;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ILLITE; SMECTITE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035262742     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2001.0490102     Document Type: Article

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