The smectite-to-disordered kaolinite transition in a tropical soil chronosequence, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-586

  Fisher, G Burch ^a,b   Ryan, Peter C ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Beidellite; Costa Rica; Disordered kaolinite; Geochemistry; Halloysite; Mineralogy; Smectite; Soil; Steady state; Terraces; Tropical

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS;

BEIDELLITE; DISORDERED KAOLINITE; HALLOYSITE; SMECTITE; TERRACES; TROPICAL SOIL;

CLAY MINERALS;

BEIDELLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLAY MINERAL; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SMECTITE; SOIL; TERRACE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33750909156     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540504     Document Type: Article

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