Retrograde diagenesis, a widespread process on a regional scale

Clay Minerals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-104

  Nieto, F ^a   Mata, M Pilar ^b   Bauluz, B ^c   Giorgetti, G ^d   Arkai P ^e   Peacor, D R ^f  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorite smectite; Diagenesis; Illite smectite; Regional metamorphism; Retrograde; SEM; TEM; XRD

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECTONICS; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

METAMORPHISM; PERVASIVE FLUIDS; RETROGRADE DIAGENESIS; SMECTITES;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 16344392024     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855054010158     Document Type: Article

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