Slaty cleavage: Does the crystal chemistry of layer silicates play a role in its development?

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 311-325

  Guidotti, Charles V ^a   Sassi, Francesco P ^b   Comodi, Paola ^c   Zanazzi, Pier F ^c   Blencoe, James G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorite; Compressibility; Crystal chemistry; Periodic bond chain theory; Slaty cleavage; White micas

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SILICATES; SLATE;

BOND-CHAIN THEORY; CELL DIMENSIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

CHLORITE; CLEAVAGE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; MICA;

MICAS;

EID: 18944366101     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.311     Document Type: Article

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