Fuller's earth (bentonite) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Aptian) of Shanklin (Isle of Wight, Southern England)

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-290

  Ruffell, A H ^a   Hesselbo, S P ^b   Wach, G D ^c   Simpson, M I ^d   Wray, D S ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Lansdowne   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BENTONITE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SMECTITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ENGLAND (ISLE OF WIGHT); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036875117     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(02)80034-7     Document Type: Article

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