Clay mineral assemblages and analcime formation in a Palaeogene fluvial-lacustrine sequence (Maíz Gordo Formation Palaeogen) from northwestern Argentina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 56-74

  Do Campo, M ^a   del Papa, C ^b   Jimenez Millan J ^c   Nieto, F ^d  

^a Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline lakes; Analcime; Argentina; Kaolinite; Palaeogene; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANALCIME; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; KAOLINITE; PALEOGENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548357309     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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