Isotope geochemistry and origin of illite-smectite and kaolinite from the Seilitz and Kemmlitz kaolin deposits, Saxony, Germany

Clay Minerals

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-112

  Gilg, H A ^a   Weber, B ^b   Kasbohm, J ^c   Frei, R ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hydrogen isotope; Illite smectite; K Ar; Kaolin deposits; Kaolinite; Kemmlitz; Mesozoic; Oxygen isotopes; Rb Sr; Saxony; Seilitz; TEM

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY;

KAOLIN;

CLAY; CLAY MINERAL; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ILLITE; KAOLIN; MESOZOIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SMECTITE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0037364830     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855033810081     Document Type: Article

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