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Investigations on clays at the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Robert C. Mackenzie*
Affiliation:
Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
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Extract

The investigations on clays progressing at the Macaulay Institute are fundamentally connected with pedological studies. The general aim of these investigations is to provide evidence which we believe will give us a better insight into the fundamental differences between the soil types as mapped in the field and provide us with an explanation of certain of their characteristics and properties. Within the last year a systematic investigation has been commenced into the clay minerals associated with each different soil type in Aberdeenshire. The methods being used are X-ray examination and differential thermal analysis. A brief account of the X-ray work has been given by Mr G. F. Walker.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1947

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