Geochemical signatures of paleodepositional and diagenetic environments: A STEM/AEM study of authigenic clay minerals from an arid rift basin, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-251

  Hover, Victoria C ^a   Ashley, Gail M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Celadonite; Clay neoformation; Early diagenesis; Pedogenesis; Smectite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SETTLING TANKS; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; AUTHIGENESIS; CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; PEDOGENESIS; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SMECTITE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0037743566     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2003.0510301     Document Type: Article

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