Detecting chlorite in the Chinese loess sequence by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-273

  Ji, Junfeng ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Balsam, William ^b   Chen, Jun ^a   Wu, Tao ^a   Liu, Lianwen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Chlorite; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Loess

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EXTRACTION; IRON; OXIDES; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CHINA; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LOESS SEDIMENTS; SELECTIVE CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS;

CHLORITE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHLORITE; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXTRACTION METHOD; LOESS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33646546734     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540211     Document Type: Article

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