Clay-mineral formation in soils developed in the weathering zone of pyrite-bearing schists: A case study from the abandoned pyrite mine in Wieściszowice, Lower Silesia, SW Poland

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-594

  Uzarowicz, Łukasz ^a   Skiba, Stefan ^b   Skiba, Michał ^b   Šegvić, Branimir ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate weathering; Acidic soils; Hydroxy interlayers; Kaolinite; Mixed layer minerals; Pyrite weathering; Schists; Smectite; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOILS; HYDROXY INTERLAYERS; PYRITE WEATHERING; SCHISTS; SMECTITES; VERMICULITE;

COMPOSITE FILMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; MICA; MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SODIUM; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID SOIL; CHLORITE; CLAY MINERAL; DISSOLUTION; KAOLINITE; MICA; PH; PYRITE; SCHIST; SMECTITE; VERMICULITE; WEATHERING;

DOLNOSLASKIE; LOWER SILESIA; POLAND; SILESIA; WIESCISZOWICE;

MICAS;

EID: 84856936928     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2011.0590604     Document Type: Article

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