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Clay Diagenesis and Mass Balance—The Forest and the Trees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Richard M. Pollastro
Richard M. Pollastro*
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, MS 960, Box 25046, Denver, Colorado 80225
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Keywords

Bulk rockClay fractionsDiagenesisGulf Coast shalesSmectite illitizationXRD
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 93 - 97
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Copyright © 1994, Clay Minerals Society

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