Fabric development and the smectite to illite transition in Gulf of Mexico mudstones: An image analysis approach

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 78-79, Issue , 2003, Pages 459-463

  Charpentier, D ^a   Worden, R H ^a   Dillon, C G ^b,d   Aplin, A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fabric anisotropy; Illite; Image analysis; Mudstone diagenesis; Smectite

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FABRICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

FABRIC ANISOTROPY; MUDSTONE DIAGENESIS; SMECTITE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL; MUDSTONE; PETROFABRIC; SMECTITE;

CLAY; FABRIC; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 2542471364     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00073-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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