Clays

• Main Author: Meunier, Alain (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geology.; Economic geology.; Mineralogy.; Sedimentology.; Agriculture.; Earth Sciences.; Economic Geology.

This book is about the most complete work on the subject of clay minerals thus far conceived. Its scope is one of basics to general principles to use in real geologic situations. In principle any student, advanced student or casual researcher, should be able to ?nd an answer to almost any question p...

Table of Contents:

• Crystal Structure — Species — Crystallisation
• Crystal Chemistry of Clay Minerals
• Energy Balances: Thermodynamics — Kinetics
• Isotopic Composition of Clay Minerals
• Surface Properties — Behaviour Rules — Microtextures
• Clays in Soils and Weathered Rocks
• Clays in Sedimentary Environments
• Diagenesis and Very Low-Grade Metamorphism
• Hydrothermal Process — Thermal Metamorphism
• Clays Under Extreme Conditions.