Kaolin in the net-like horizon of laterite in Hubei, south China

Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Hong, Hanlie ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^b,c   Yang, Muzhuang ^d   Xiao, Ping ^a   Xue, Huijuan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fe oxides; Hubei; Kaolin; Laterite; Net like soil horizon; South China; Weathering

Indexed keywords

FE OXIDE; FE OXIDES; LATERITE; SOIL HORIZON; SOUTH CHINA;

ALUMINUM; CLAY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KAOLIN; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

KAOLINITE;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GOETHITE; HALLOYSITE; HYDRATION; ILLITE; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LATERITE; MANGANESE OXIDE; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; VEIN (GEOLOGY); X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHINA; HUBEI;

EID: 71449095110     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2009.044.1.51     Document Type: Article

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