Fabric development and the smectite to illite transition in Upper Cretaceous mudstones from the North Sea: An image analysis approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 249, Issue , 2005, Pages 103-114

  Worden, R H ^a   Charpentier, D ^a,b   Fisher, Q J ^c   Aplin, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ILLITIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUDSTONE; TEXTURE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 26244441938     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.249.01.09     Document Type: Article

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