New insights into smectite illitization: A zoned K-bentonite revisited

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1653-1671

  McCarty, Douglas K ^a   Sakharov, Boris A ^b   Drits, Victor A ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cis vacant; Illitization; K bentonite; Multispecimen fitting; Smectite; TGA DTG; Trans vacant; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LOCATION; MAGNESIUM; MIXTURES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CIS-VACANT; ILLITIZATION; MULTISPECIMEN FITTING; SMECTITES; TGA DTG; TRANS-VACANT;

ALUMINUM;

BENTONITE; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SHALE; SMECTITE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZONING;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249107798     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3260     Document Type: Article

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