Clay minerals of the Permian Rotliegend Group in the North Sea and adjacent areas

Clay Minerals

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 355-393

  Ziegler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Germany; North Sea; Permian; Rotliegend; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SANDSTONE;

KAOLINITE-ILLITE ASSEMBLAGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERMIAN ROTLIEGEND GROUP;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ILLITE; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; SMECTITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748585983     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855064110200     Document Type: Review

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