Comparison of K-Ar ages of diagenetic illite-smectite to the age of a chemical remanent magnetization (CRM): An example from the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-323

  Elliott, W Crawford ^a   Basu, Ankan ^a,b   Wampler, J Marion ^c   Elmore, R Douglas ^d   Grathoff, George H ^e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illite; Isle of Skye; K Ar; Paleomagnetism; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CHEMICAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (CRM); DIAGENETIC ILLITE-SMECTITE; JURASSIC ROCKS; TERTIARY MAGMATISM;

MAGNETIZATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ILLITE; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SMECTITE; TERTIARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746713666     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540303     Document Type: Article

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