Environmental influences on the occurrences of sepiolite and palygorskite: A brief review

Developments in Clay Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 69-83

  Jones, Blair F ^a   Conko, Kathryn M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 84866371919     PISSN: 15724352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53607-5.00003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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