Clay mineralogy and chemical composition of bentonites from the Gourougou volcanic massif (northeast Morocco)

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-267

  Ddani, Mohamed ^a,b   Meunier, Alain ^a   Zahraoui, Mohamed ^b   Beaufort, Daniel ^a   El Wartiti, Mohamed ^b   Fontaine, Claude ^a   Boukili, Boubker ^b   El Mahi, Benacer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Alteration; CEC; Layer charge; Smectite; Volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALS; GLASS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; POSITIVE IONS; VOLCANOES;

PERLITE GLASS; PYROCLASTIC CLAY; RHYOLITIC MAGMA; VOLCANIC MASSIF;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENTONITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; MINERAL DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MONT GOUROUGOU; MOROCCO; NADOR; NORTH AFRICA; RIF; WORLD;

PROVIDENCIA;

EID: 20844437441     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2005.0530305     Document Type: Article

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