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Quantitative mineralogy of sedimentary rocks with emphasis on clays and with applications to K-Ar dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. Środoń
J. Środoń*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences PAN, Senacka 1, 31-002, Cracow, Poland
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*E-mail: ndsrodon@cyf-kr.edu.pl
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Abstract

Clays are the most complicated objects in quantitative mineral analysis of sedimentary rocks. Complex quantitative analysis of clays comprises four major steps: measuring bulk quantities, quantifying the mixed layering, determining the three-dimensional organization, and measuring the particle size. Computerization has resulted in major progress in all four areas during the last decade. X-ray diffraction remains the major tool of the quantitative studies of clays, supported by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (bulk quantities), chemical analysis (bulk quantities) and electron microscopy (particle size). This contribution reviews recent developments in the techniques used for quantifying clays and their properties, and looks at the use of these quantification techniques in K-Ar dating of geological processes.

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clay mineralsrock analysisX-ray diffractioninfrared spectroscopymixed layeringparticle-size analysisK-Ar dating
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 66 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 677 - 687
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2002

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