Origins of the Rio Capim kaolinites (northern Brazil) revealed by δ18O and δD analyses

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 281-294

  dos Santos, Antônio Emídio de Araújo Jr ^a   Rossetti, Dilce de Fátima ^b   Murray, Haydn H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18O and D; Kaolinite; Northern Brazil; Origin; Rio Capim Kaolin; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

COARSE-GRAINED KAOLINITES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOWEATHERING;

KAOLINITE;

DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

BRAZIL; CAPIM RIVER; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548419189     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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