Micas

Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages 431-466

  Thompson, Michael L ^a   Ukrainczyk, Ljerka ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Distribution patterns; Environmental application; Mica; Mineral structure; Morphological properties; Pedogenic formation; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102231463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser7.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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