Alteration of ilmenite in the Cretaceous sandstones of Nova Scotia, southeastern Canada

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 490-510

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Dolansky, Lila ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Diagenesis; Ilmenite; Pseudorutile; Rutile

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INCLUSIONS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; TEXTURES;

DIAGENESIS; PSEUDORUTILE; RUTILE;

ILMENITE;

CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; ILMENITE; RUTILE; SANDSTONE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744472904     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2005.0530506     Document Type: Article

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