Fault-hosted palygorskite from the Serrata de Níjar deformation zone (SE Spain)

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-332

  Garcia Romero E ^a   Suarez M ^b   Oyarzun, R ^a   Lopez Garcia J A ^a   Regueiro, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fault gouge; Fault zone; Macroscopic palygorskite; Serrata de Nijar; Smectite; Spain

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; MACROSCOPIC PALYGORSKITE; SMECTITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT; FOLIATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; LABORATORY METHOD; PALYGORSKITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMECTITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33746686884     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540304     Document Type: Article

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