Electron microscopic study of the illite-smectite transformation in the bentonites from Cerro del Aguila (Toledo, Spain)

Clay Minerals

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 501-510

  De Santiago Buey, C ^a   Suarez Barrios, M ^b   Garcia Romero, E ^a   Dominguez Diaz, M C ^c   Doval Montoya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ILLITE; SMECTITE;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ILLITE; SMECTITE;

CERRO DEL AGUILA; SPAIN; TOLEDO;

EID: 1842661945     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/000985598545660     Document Type: Article

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