Illitic substitution in micas of very low-grade metamorphic clastic rocks

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-69

  Abad, Isabel ^a   Nieto, Fernando ^b   Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel ^c   Do Campo, Margarita ^d   López Munguira, Aurora ^e   Velilla, Nicolás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Illitic component; Low grade metamorphism; Mica; SEM EDX; TEM AEM

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

DIAGENESIS; ILLITIC COMPONENT; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHISM; SEM/EDX; TEM/AEM;

MICA;

CLASTIC ROCK; ILLITIZATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK;

EID: 33644936353     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2006/0018-0059     Document Type: Article

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