Element distribution between coexisting authigenic mineral phases in argillic and zeolitic altered tephra, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 627-643

  Mchenry, Lindsay J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Diagenesis; Element Partitioning; Olduvai Gorge; Phillipsite; Saline alkaline Lake; Smectite; Tephra; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; ELEMENT PARTITIONING; OLDUVAI GORGE; PHILLIPSITE; SALINE-ALKALINE LAKE; SMECTITES; TEPHRA;

ALUMINUM; CLAY ALTERATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; VOLCANOES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

CLAY MINERALS;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; PHILLIPSITE; PLEISTOCENE; SALINE LAKE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMECTITE; TEPHRA; TEXTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZEOLITE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 78650496303     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2010.0580504     Document Type: Article

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