A microtexture study of palygorskite-rich sediments from the Hawthorne Formation, southern Georgia, by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-274

  Krekeler, Mark P S ^a   Guggenheim, Stephen ^a   Rakovan, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Georgia; Hawthorne formation; Palygorskite; TEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROTEXTURES; PALYGORSKITE;

CLAY;

CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PALYGORSKITE; TEXTURE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142752726     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520302     Document Type: Article

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