Newly formed phyllosilicates in rock matrices and fractures from CRP-3 core (Antarctica): An electron microscopy study

Clay Minerals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-43

  Giorgetti, G ^a   Aghib, F S ^b   Livi, K J T ^c   Gaillot, A C ^c   Wilson, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aauthigenic phyllosilicates; Chlorite; CRP 3 core; EELS; Illite; Ross Sea; SEM; Smectite; TEM

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTHIGENIC CLAYS; ILLITE; PHYLOSILICATES; SMECTITE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; DEVONIAN; DIABASE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; OLIGOCENE; PHYLLOSILICATE; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34249297426     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2007.042.1.03     Document Type: Article

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