The Timing and Causes of Illite Formation in the Cretaceous Marias River Shale, Disturbed Belt, Montana

The clay mineralogy data and K-Ar ages of I/S measured in this study agree with previous work conducted within the Disturbed Belt (Hoffman, 1976) and show that diagenetic I/S formed quickly at several different places in response to thrust sheet burial during the Laramide orogeny. The averages of co...

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Main Author: Osborn, Stephen Gerard
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2006
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/geosciences_theses/5
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=geosciences_theses