Clayey materials from the Sierra de la Demanda Range (Spain): Their potential as raw materials for the building ceramics industry

Clay Minerals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-41

  Artigas, R ^a   Rodas, M ^a   Sanchez C J ^b   Mas, R ^a   Dondi, M ^c   Arribas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cameros river basin; Ceramic properties; Fluvial systems; Illitic clays; Kaolinitic illitic clays; Spain

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FELDSPAR; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; RAW MATERIALS;

CERAMIC ARTICLES; CLAY MINERALOGY; CLAYEY MATERIALS; KAOLINITE;

CLAY;

CERAMICS; CLAY; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 16344378638     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855054010153     Document Type: Article

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