Silica minerals

Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages 611-636

  Monger, H Curtis ^a   Kelly, Eugene F ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange capacity; Chemical properties; Crystal morphology; Environmental significance; Isotopic composition; Physical properties; Silica minerals; x ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086357483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser7.c20     Document Type: Chapter

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