Chemistry of Mg smectites in lacustrine sediments from the Vicalvaro sepiolite deposit, Madrid neogene basin (Spain)

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-472

  Cuevas, Jaime ^a   de la Villa, Raquel Vigil ^a   Ramirez, Susana ^a,b   Petit, Sabine ^b   Meunier, Alain ^b   Leguey, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Fe rich dioctahedral micas; Lacustrine Mg clays; Saponite; Spain; Stevensite; Trioctahedral smectites; Vic lvaro sepiolite deposit

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SALINE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SMECTITE;

CLAY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGENESIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNESIUM; SEPIOLITE; SMECTITE;

SPAIN;

MICAS;

EID: 0042238264     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2003.0510413     Document Type: Article

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