Weathering of the New Albany Shale, Kentucky, USA: I. Weathering zones defined by mineralogy and major-element composition

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1549-1564

  Tuttle, Michele L W ^a   Breit, George N ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGES; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DATA RECORDS; DENUDATION RATES; DEVONIANS; EASTERN KENTUCKY; ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS; ENHANCED PERMEABILITY; ILLITE-SMECTITE; JAROSITE; KENTUCKY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDIZATION; PYRITE OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; SULFATE SALTS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCITE; CAPILLARITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; DRYING; EROSION; FELDSPAR; GYPSUM; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SHALE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVONIAN; MINERALOGY; OUTCROP; SHALE; TOXICITY; WEATHERING;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651146373     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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