Clay mineralogy of the nickel laterite ore developed from serpentinised peridotites at Murrin Murrin, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-241

  Gaudin, Anne ^a,b   Decarreau, A ^c   Noack, Y ^a   Grauby, O ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d CAMPUS DE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

Clay; Laterite; Mineralogy; Murrin Murrin; Nickel; Smectite; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 22744434916     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500139406     Document Type: Article

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