Origin and formation of kaolin minerals in saprolite of tertiary alkaline volcanic rocks, Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey

Clay Minerals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 597-617

  Arslan, M ^a   Kadir, S ^b   Abdioglu E ^a   Kolayli, H ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alkaline volcanics; Alteration; Eastern Pontides; Kaolin minerals; Saprolite; Turkey; Volcanic glass; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DISINTEGRATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

ALKALINE VOLCANICS; FRACTURING; FRAGMENTATION; PYROCLASTIC ROCKS; SAPROLITE; TURKEY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

KAOLIN;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; KAOLIN; MINERALOGY; SAPROLITE; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EURASIA; PONTIDES; TURKEY;

EID: 33748542587     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855064120208     Document Type: Article

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