Illite

Origins, Evolution and Metamorphism

Alain Meunier, Bruce Velde

286 pages, parution le 22/06/2004

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Résumé

This monograph discusses the major problems relating to the surface environment by using clay mineralogy as a unifying theme. Since the stability and development of illite, the most abundant and most common clay mineral, is the key to surface mineral dynamics, understanding its structure and transformation is an absolute prerequisite to understanding the problems of environmental change. Using illite as the frame, the authors describe problems in soil chemistry, clay stability and clay kinetics in sedimentary rocks. This book is valuable for graduate students, scientists and researchers in the fields of sedimentology, sediment petrography and soil sciences.

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Graduate students, scientists and researchers in the field of clay mineralogy

L'auteur - Alain Meunier

Alain Meunier est psychiatre et psychothérapeute. Il est le cofondateur d'Urgences psychiatrie, de SOS Dépression, de la Note Bleue et de SOS ANOR. C'est au sein de cette association qu'il s'occupe plus particulièrement du suivi d'adolescents anorexiques.

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Sommaire

The Mineralogy of Illite -What is Illite?
- Illite Definitions
- Definition Based on Chemical Composition
- Thermodynamic Stability of Illite
- The Growth of Illite Crystals
- A Working Definition of Illite
The Geology of Illite
- Illite in Soils and Weathered Rocks
- Illite in Diagenetic Series
- Illite in Fossil and Active Geothermal Fields
- The Illite Age Measurement
- Summary
Dynamics of the Smectite-to-Illite Transformation
- Experimental Studies
- Kinetics of Experimental Transformations (Natural and Synthetic Starting Materials)
- The Bulk Composition Effect (K₂O)
- Kinetics of the Smectite-to-Illite Conversion Process in Natural Environments
- Success and Failure of the Multiparameter Models
- Stability Controls
- Summary
- Application of Kinetics to K-Ar Dating
Applications
- Exploration and Exploitation of Natural Resources
- Environmental Problems

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Alain Meunier, Bruce Velde
Parution	22/06/2004
Nb. de pages	286
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	680g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540204862