Authigenic palygorskite in Miocene sediments in Linxia basin, Gansu, northwestern China

Clay Minerals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-58

  Hong, H L ^a   Yu, N ^b   Xiao, P ^a   Zhu, Y H ^a   Zhang, K X ^a,b   Xiang, S Y ^a  

^a The Faculty of Resources   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Calcite; China; Chlorite; Illite; Linxia basin; Palygorskite

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS;

DIAGENETIC PROCESS; ILLITE; PALYGORSKITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CALCITE; CHLORITE; DISSOLUTION; ILLITE; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; PALYGORSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN;

EID: 34249305213     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2007.042.1.04     Document Type: Article

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