Clay-mineral signatures of fossil and active hydrothermal circulations in the geothermal system of the Lamentin Plain, Martinique

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 195-218

  Mas, A ^a   Patrier, P ^a   Beaufort, D ^a   Genter, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Fossil and recent hydrothermal clay parageneses; FTIR; Kaolinite crystallinity; Low temperature geothermal system; SEM; XRD

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; FOSSIL FUELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATIONS;

VOLCANOES;

CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; KAOLINITE; PETROGRAPHY;

LAMENTIN PLAIN; MARTINIQUE;

EID: 0038473937     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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