Improved constraints on sedimentary environments of palygorskite deposits of the Hawthorne Formation, southern Georgia, from a detailed study of a core

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Krekeler, Mark P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay pebble layers; Georgia; Hawthorne formation; Palygorskite; Sedimentary environment

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOSPHATES; SEDIMENTATION;

CLAY-PEBBLE LAYERS; PALYGORSKITE;

CLAY;

CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PALYGORSKITE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142739525     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520301     Document Type: Article

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