Intracrystalline boron isotope partitioning in illite-smectite: Testing the geothermometer

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1958-1965

  Williams, Lynda B ^a   Turner, Amanda ^a   Hervig, Richard L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; Illite smectite; Intracrystalline geothermometer; Isotope equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BORON; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE;

BORON ISOTOPES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SITES; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; GEOTHERMOMETERS; HYDROTHERMAL EXPERIMENTS; ILLITE-SMECTITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

CLAY MINERALS;

BORON ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUDSTONE; PARTITIONING; REACTION KINETICS; SHALE; SMECTITE;

EID: 37149054058     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2531     Document Type: Article

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