The Dorothy bentonite: An extraordinary case of secondary thickening in a late Campanian volcanic ash fall in central Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1745-1754

  Lerbekmo, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; SHALE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES;

SURFACE THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CAMPANIAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH;

CANADA;

EID: 0036999236     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-079     Document Type: Review

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