Interstratified kaolinite-smectite: Nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-170

  Dudek, Teresa ^a   Cuadros, Javier ^a   Fiore, Saverio ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Kaolinite smectite; Solid state transformation; TGA; XRD

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENTONITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY DEPOSITS; COBALT DEPOSITS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POSITIVE IONS; SILICON; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EVOLUTION MECHANISM; INTERLAYER CATION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OCTAHEDRAL SHEETS; SMECTITES; SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS; TETRAHEDRAL SHEETS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSES (XRD);

KAOLINITE;

CLAY MINERAL; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; SMECTITE;

EID: 33645164259     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1897     Document Type: Article

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