An application of profile fitting and CLAY++ for the quantitative representation (QR) of mixed-layer clay minerals

Clay Minerals

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 501-514

  Aparicio, P ^a   Ferrell, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed layer clay minerals; Pattern matching; Profile fitting; Qualitative and quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942270693     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855013640005     Document Type: Article

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