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A SEM study of diagenetic kaolinization and illitization of detrital feldspars in sandstones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

S. Morad
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Institute of Geology, Uppsala University, Box 555, S-751, 22 Uppsala, Sweden
A. A. AlDahan
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Institute of Geology, Uppsala University, Box 555, S-751, 22 Uppsala, Sweden

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1987

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