Mineralogy of the Swat kaolin deposits, Pakistan

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2 A, 2005, Pages 195-218

  Siddiqui, Muhammad Ashraf ^a   Ahmed, Zulfiqar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

China clay; Clay mineralogy; Disordered kaolinite; Halloysite; Kaolin; Pakistan; Swat district

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849099969     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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