Heterogeneous mixed-layer clays from the Cretaceous, Greensand, Isle of Wight, southern England

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 552-575

  McCarty, Douglas K ^a   Drits, Victor A ^b   Sakharov, Boris ^b   Zviagina, Bella B ^b   Ruffell, Alastair ^c   Wach, Grant ^d  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Berthierine; Cretaceous; Glauconite; Heterogeneous mixed layer clays; Isle of Wight; Nontronite

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; MINERALOGY; POSITIVE IONS; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SUBSTRATES;

MIXED-LAYER CLAYS; SEA-CLIFFS; THERMAL HISTORY;

CLAY;

ALBIAN; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITION; GLAUCONITE; MINERALOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALBIA; HIATUS;

EID: 7544223983     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520503     Document Type: Article

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