Mineralogy, geochemistry and possible industrial applications of illite-smectite rich clays from Karak, northwestern Pakistan
The Karak mudstone, cropping out in the vicinity of Karak town, NW Pakistan, is contained within an Eocene evaporitic sequence deposited in the rapidly sinking Kohat foreland basin. It was buried beneath 5 Km of younger sedimentary rocks. Illite-smectite with 20 to 30% expandable component is the mo...
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University of Leicester
1995
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