Discovery and origin of a Palaeogene smectite-bearing clay deposit in the SE Gobi (Mongolia)

Clay Minerals

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-367

  Dill, H G ^a   Kaufhold, S ^a   Khishigsuren, S ^b   Bulgamaa, J ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c Center of Geological Investigation   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Alluvial fluvial; Diagenetic; Infrared; Mongolia; Smectite

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; KAOLIN; LITHOLOGY; MICA; MINERALOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALLUVIAL-FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; DIAGENETIC; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MONGOLIA; SMECTITE;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PALEOGENE; RED BED; SMECTITE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; WORLD;

EID: 27744524023     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855054030178     Document Type: Review

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