Determination of the content and distribution of fixed ammonium in illite-smectite using a modified X-ray diffraction technique: Application to oil source rocks of western Greenland

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-84

  Drits, Victor A ^a   Sakharov, Boris A ^a   Salyn, Alfred L ^a   Lindgreen, Holger ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; MICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; DIFFRACTION METHODS; ILLITE-SMECTITE; LAYER THICKNESS; THICKNESS FLUCTUATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES;

CLAY MINERALS;

AMMONIUM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ILLITE; SMECTITE; SOURCE ROCK; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 12444311718     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1604     Document Type: Article

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