The role of swelling clay in kimberlite weathering

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-154

  Morkel, J ^a   Vermaak, M K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cation exchange capacity (CEC); Kimberlite; Smectite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; SWELLING; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC); KIMBERLITE; SMECTITE; SWELLING CLAY;

CLAY;

EID: 33845625200     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328506X109121     Document Type: Article

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