Clay minerals in the Meuse-Haute Marne underground laboratory (France): Possible influence of organic matter on clay mineral evolution

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-532

  Claret, Francis ^a,b   Sakharov, Boris A ^c   Drits, Victor A ^c   Velde, Bruce ^d   Meunier, Alain ^e   Griffault, Lise ^b   Lanson, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Callovo Oxfordian; Clay diagenesis; Clay minerals; French underground laboratory; Illite smectite; Interstratification; MHM site; Mixed layering; Organic matter; XRD

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MIXTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ILLITE; INTERSTRATIFICATION; MIXED-LAYERED MINERALS (MLM); SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ILLITE; MINERALOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SMECTITE; WASTE DISPOSAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7544239422     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520501     Document Type: Article

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