Clay minerals formed during propylitic alteration of a granite and their influence on primary porosity: A multi-scale approach

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 541-554

  Cassiaux, M ^a   Proust, Dominique ^a   Siitari Kauppi, M ^b   Sardini, P ^a   Leutsch, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Autoradiograph; Connected porosity; Granite; Microprobe analysis; Propylitic alteration; SEM; XRD

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GRANITE; POROSITY; PROBES; RADIOGRAPHY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AUTORADIOGRAPH; CLAY MINERAL ALTERATION; CONNECTED POROSITY; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; PROPYLITIC ALTERATION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GRANITE; MINERAL ALTERATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750920710     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540502     Document Type: Article

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