Significance of n-alkylammonium exchange in the study of 2:1 clay mineral diagenesis, Mackenzie Delta - Beaufort Sea region, Arctic Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1485-1506

  Sears, S Kelly ^a   Hesse, Reinhard ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

"n alkylammonium illite"; Arctic Canada; HRTEM; Illite; Mackenzie Delta Beaufort Sea region; n alkylammonium cation exchange; Rectorite like R1 ordered phase; Reindeer D 27 well; Smectite; XRD

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; ILLITE;

BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA;

EID: 13044315785     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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