Quantification of hematite from the visible diffuse reflectance spectrum: Effects of aluminium substitution and grain morphology

Clay Minerals

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-147

  Liu, Q S ^a   Torrent, J ^b   Barron V ^b   Duan, Z Q ^a   Bloemendal, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aluminium substitution; diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; hematite

Indexed keywords

AL SUBSTITUTION; ALUMINIUM SUBSTITUTION; CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION; CHINESE LOESS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAIN MORPHOLOGIES; KUBELKA-MUNK; MASS CONCENTRATION; SECOND ORDER DERIVATIVES; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; HEMATITE; MORPHOLOGY; REFLECTION;

IRON ORES;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; AMPLITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEMATITE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOSOL; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 79953128733     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2011.046.1.137     Document Type: Article

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