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Clay minerals and geomorphology in four Caribbean islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

P. J. Beaven  and
M. J. Dumbleton
P. J. Beaven
Affiliation:
Road Research Laboratory, Ministry of Transport, Crowthorne, Berkshire
M. J. Dumbleton
Affiliation:
Road Research Laboratory, Ministry of Transport, Crowthorne, Berkshire
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Abstract

Clay mineral analyses of Caribbean soils illustrate the differences in composition that can arise from differences in topography and parent material, and emphasize the differences between the groups of proposed new engineering classifications of the soils based on these factors. Within one set of environmental conditions the clay mineral assemblage was reasonably constant. Examples are given of local differences in clay type which were correlated with variations in climate and mode of formation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1966 , pp. 371 - 382
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1966

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