Clay mineral assemblages as indicators of hydrothermalism in the basal part of the CRP-3 core (Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica)

Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-404

  Setti, M ^a   Marino Ni, L ^a   Lopez Galindo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; CRP 3; Devonian; Dolerite; I S mixed layers; Kaolinite; Sediments; Smectite; TEM; XRD,SEM

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CRP-3; DEVONIAN; DEVONIANS; SEM; SMECTITES; TEM; XRD;

KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY ALTERATION;

CLAY MINERAL; DEVONIAN; DIABASE; EXHUMATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; KAOLINITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SMECTITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND BASIN;

EID: 77249120719     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2009.044.3.389     Document Type: Article

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