Clay mineralogy along the laterite profile in Hubei, South China: Mineral evolution and evidence for eolian origin

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 602-615

  Hong, Hanlie ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a,b   Xiao, Ping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Clay minerals; Eolian accumulation; Laterite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE; BIMODAL PARTICLES; CENTRAL ASIA; CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHINA; CHINA CLAY; CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; CLAY MINERALOGY; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COARSE-GRAINED; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; FINE-GRAINED PARTICLES; IN-SITU; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LIGHT-COLORED; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; PEDOGENIC PROCESS; SOIL PROFILES; SOUTH CHINA; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIO; WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; WEATHERING PROCESS; WINTER MONSOON; X-RAY AMORPHOUS; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; LIGHT; MINERALOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOILS; WEATHERING;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLINITY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LATERITE; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 71449127342     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2009.0570508     Document Type: Article

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