Crystal-chemical changes in an oxidative weathering front in a Georgia kaolin deposit

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-220

  Schroeder, Paul A ^a   Pruett, Robert J ^b   Melear, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IMERYS MINERALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatase; Crandallite; Hematite; Ilmenite; Kaolinite; Pseudorutile; Raman; Rutile; XRD

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CORROSION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ISOMORPHOUS SUBSTITUTION; MOBILIZATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHASE CHARACTERIZATIONS;

KAOLIN;

CLAY MINERAL; EOCENE; KAOLIN; OXIDATION; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WILKINSON COUNTY [GEORGIA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2042527658     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520207     Document Type: Article

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