Depositional and diagenetic processes in the formation of the Eocene Jackson Group bentonites, Gonzales County, Texas

Depositional and diagenetic processes in the formation of the Eocene Jackson Group bentonites, Gonzales County, Texas

Bentonite clays are exposed in Paleogene strata stretching over 650 km parallel to the Texas coastline. This study focuses on a white and blue and a yellow and brown commercial Ca-montmorillonite bentonite near the city of Gonzales, Gonzales county, Texas. The deposits have stratigraphic ages of Lat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michaelides, Michael Nicholas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Bentonite clay
Alteration
Rare Earth Elements
REE
Gulf Coast
Texas
Gonzales County
Tephrachronology
Trace elements
Fractionation
Depositional
Diagenetic
Eocene
Oaxaca
Ca-montmorillonite
Jackson Group
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4790

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