A new massive deposit of allophane raw material in Ecuador

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-81

  Kaufhold, Stephan ^a   Kaufhold, Annette ^b   Jahn, Reinhold ^b   Brito, Salomón ^c   Dohrmann, Reiner ^a,d   Hoffmann, Rainer ^a   Gliemann, Hartmut ^e   Weidler, Peter ^e   Frechen, Manfred ^f  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c SGN Servicio Geológico Nacional   (Ecuador)

^d Energie und Geologie   (Germany)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Allophane; Ecuador; Nanoparticle; Special clay

Indexed keywords

AFM; AL/SI RATIOS; ALLOPHANE; BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ECUADOR; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; GEOSCIENCES; GIBBSITE; HALLOYSITE; IMOGOLITE; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SPECIAL CLAY; THICK LAYERS; TRANSITION ZONES; VOLCANIC ASHES; WEATHERING PROCESS;

ALKALI METALS; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EROSION; KAOLINITE; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

ALUMINOSILICATES;

ALKALI METAL; ALLOPHANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; WEATHERING;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65549126438     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2009.0570107     Document Type: Article

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