Authigenic Ti-bearing crystals in a precambrian clay from Buenos Aires province, Argentina

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-310

  Alló, Wanda ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatase; Compositional data; Illite; Precambrian clay; Rutile; SEM; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALS; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BEARING CRYSTALS; BIOTITE;

CLAY;

ANATASE; CLAY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROVENANCE; REDOX CONDITIONS; RUTILE; TITANIUM;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

VILLA;

EID: 3142670556     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520305     Document Type: Article

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