Natural systems evidence for the alteration of clay under alkaline conditions: An example from Searles Lake, California

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 72-81

  Savage, David ^a   Benbow, Steven ^a   Watson, Claire ^a   Takase, Hiroyasu ^b   Ono, Kaori ^b   Oda, Chie ^c   Honda, Akira ^c  

^a QUINTESSA LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b Quintessa K K   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline alteration; Clay; Modelling; Natural analogues

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ALTERATION; ALKALINE CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SPECIES; AUTHIGENIC; CALIFORNIA; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID TRANSPORT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS; K-FELDSPAR; MINERAL GROWTH; MODEL SIMULATION; MONTMORILLONITE DISSOLUTION; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PITZER MODELS; RATE DEPENDENT; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SI CONCENTRATION; SMECTITE DISSOLUTION; SMECTITES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; TIME PERIODS; TIME-DEPENDENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT FLOW; TIME-SCALES; ZONAL PATTERNS;

CLAY ALTERATION; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SIMULATORS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZEOLITES;

CLAY MINERALS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION; ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ANALCIME; ANALOG MODEL; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; HYDROGEOLOGY; ILLITE; MONTMORILLONITE; REACTION KINETICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SMECTITE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; SEARLES LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649087459     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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