Geochemical and mineralogical recognition of the bentonites in the lower Pierre Shale Group and their use in regional stratigraphic correlation

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 427, Issue , 2007, Pages 23-50

  Bertog, Janet ^a   Huff, Warren ^b   Martin, James E ^c  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonites; Geochemistry; Pierre Shale; Sharon springs; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICA; RARE EARTHS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FORELAND BASIN; NEBRASKA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTAS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; WHOLE ROCKS; WYOMING;

SHALE;

BENTONITE; BIOTITE; FACIES; FORELAND BASIN; PHENOCRYST; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

COLORADO; KANSAS; NEBRASKA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 67649281330     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2427(03)     Document Type: Article

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