A new locality of palygorskite-rich clay from the southeastern Yucatán: A potential material source for environmental applications

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-726

  Krekeler, Mark P S ^a   Kearns, Lance E ^b  

^a Miami University Hamilton   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied mineralogy; Environmental resources; Palygorskite; Quintana Roo; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MINERALOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COARSE GRAINS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DIAGENETICS; EDS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; FE CONTENT; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; ME-XICO; PALYGORSKITE; PALYGORSKITES; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; QUARTZ GRAINS; QUINTANA ROO; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; TRACE AMOUNTS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; WETLANDS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LITHOLOGY; PALYGORSKITE; QUARTZ; WETLAND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 70349991911     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1545-0     Document Type: Article

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