The glauconite-Fe-illite-Fe-smectite problem: A critical review

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Meunier, Alain ^a   El Albani, Abderrazak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLAUCONITE; ILLITE; SEDIMENTATION; SMECTITE;

EID: 34047187595     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00719.x     Document Type: Review

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