Transformation mechanism of lamellar to lath-shaped illite/smectite: Observation by SEM

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Setti, Massimo ^a   Marinoni, Luigi ^a   Veniale, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lamellar to lath morphotype transformation; Smectite illite interstratification; Solid state splitting; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249149544     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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