Thickness distribution of illite crystals in shales. I: X-ray diffraction vs. high-resolution transmission electron microscopy measurements

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 562-577

  Dudek, Teresa ^a   Środoón, Jan ^a   Eberl, Dennis D ^a   Elsass, Françoise ^a   Uhlik, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

BWA analysis; Crystal size distribution; Fundamental particles; HRTEM; Illite smectite; Lognormal distribution; MudMaster; XRD

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES;

SHALE;

CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ILLITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMECTITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036803288     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/000986002320679305     Document Type: Article

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