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A Laboratory Manual for X-Ray Powder Diffraction

ILLITE GROUP

Selected Bibliography


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Amouric, Marc, and Olives, Juan, 1999, Transformations and interstratifications in clay minerals; HRTEM-AEM results and lattice energies calculations: Journal of Conference Abstracts, v. 4, no. 1, p. 641-642.

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Austin, G.S., and Leininger, R.K., 1976, The effect of heat-treating sedimented mixed-layer illite-smectite as related to quantitative clay mineral determinations: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 46, no. 1, p. 206-215.

Bailey, S.W., Hurley, P.M., Fairbairn, H.W., and Pinson, W.H., Jr., 1962, K-Ar dating of sedimentary illite polytypes: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 73, no. 9, p. 1167-1170.

Bailey, S.W., 1980, Structure of layer silicates, in Brindley, G.W., and Brown, G., Crystal structures of clay minerals and their x-ray identification: Mineralogical Society, London, p. 1-123. 

Bain, D.C., and Smith, B.F.L., 1987, Chemical analysis, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.) A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 248-274.

Banfield, J.F., and Eggleton, R.A., 1990, Analytical transmission electron microscope studies of plagioclase, muscovite, and K-feldspar weathering: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 38, no. 1, p. 77-89.

Barnes, D.A., Girard, J.P., and Aronson, J.L., 1992, K-Ar dating of illite diagenesis in the Middle Ordovician St. Peter Sandstone, central Michigan Basin, USA; implications for thermal history, in Houseknecht, D.W., and Pittman, E.D. (eds.) Origin, diagenesis, and petrophysics of clay minerals in sandstones, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 47, p. 35-48.

Bayan, M.R., 1993, Illite "crystallinity" and vitrinite reflectance in the Central Appalachian Carboniferous strata: Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 174 p.

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Berry, Richard, and Joergensen, Per, 1969, Separation of illite and chlorite in clays by electromagnetic techniques: Clay Minerals, v. 8, no. 2, p. 201-212.

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Bohor, B.F., and Gluskoter, H.J., 1973, Boron in illite as an indicator of paleosalinity of Illinois coals: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 43, no. 4, p. 945-956.

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Bray, C.J., Spooner, E.T.C., Hall, C.M., York, D., Bills, T.M., Krueger, H.W, 1987, Laser probe (super 40úAr/ (super 39úAr and conventional K/Ar dating of illites associated with the McClean unconformity-related uranium deposits, North Saskatchewan, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 24, no. 1, p. 10-23.

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Buhmann, C., 1993, K-fixing phyllosilicates in soils; the role of inherited components: European Journal of Soil Science, v. 44, no. 2, p. 347-360.

Busenberg, E., and Clemency, C.V., 1973, Determination of the cation exchange capacity of clays and soils using an ammonia electrode: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 21, no. 4, p. 213-217.

Cabrera, F., and Talibudeen, O., 1979, The release of aluminum from aluminosilicate minerals; II, Acid-base potentiometric titrations: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 27, no. 2, p. 113-118.

Campos, J.C., and Hilchie, D.W., 1980, The effects of sample grinding on cation exchange capacity measurements: Transactions of the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, Houston, TX, FF1-FF18.

Carr, R.M., Chaiku, N., and Peake, B.M., 1977, An electron spin resonance study of some clay minerals: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin, v. 218, p. 138-144.

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Chan, D.Y.C., Pashley, R.M., and Quirk, J.P., 1984, Surface potentials derived from co-ion exclusion measurements on homoionic montmorillonite and illite: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 32, no. 2, p. 131-138.

Chaudhuri, S., Brookins, D.G., 1979, The Rb-Sr systematics in acid-leached clay minerals: Chemical Geology, v. 24, no. 3-4, p. 231-242.

Clauer, Norbert, Cocker, J.D., and Chaudhuri, Sam, 1992,Isotopic dating of diagenetic illites in reservoir sandstones; influence of the investigator effect, in Houseknecht, D.W., and Pittman, E.D. (eds.) Origin, diagenesis, and petrophysics of clay minerals in sandstones, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 47, p. 5-12.

Clauer, Norbert, Chaudhuri, Sam, Kralik, Martin, and Bonnot-Courtois, Chantal, 1993, Effects of experimental leaching on Rb-Sr and K-Ar isotopic systems and REE contents of diagenetic illite: Chemical Geology, v. 103, no. 1-4, p. 1-16.

Clauer, N., Srodon, J., Francu, J., and Sucha, V., 1997, K-Ar dating of illite fundamental particles separated from illite-smectite: Clay Minerals, v. 32, no. 2, p. 181-196.

Conkin, J.E., Rao D.M., and Hutchinson, D.C., 1988, Recognition of very thin-mixed layer clay (smectite-illite) intervals in lower Paleozoic rock sequences by pyroclastic mineral euhedra: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 25, p. 97.

Corbato, C.E., and Tettenhorst, R.T., 1987, Analysis of illite-smectite interstratification: Clay Minerals, v. 22, no. 3, p. 269-285.

Couzens-Schultz, B.A., Wiltschko, D.V., 2000, The control of the smectite-illite transition on passive-roof duplex formation; Canadian Rockies foothills, Alberta: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 22, no. 2, p. 2067-230.

Cox, R.L., and Manus, R.W., 1974, Evaluation of "natural" phosphate removal agents: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of Americam, v. 6, no. 6, p. 503.

Curtis, C.D., Hughes, C.R., Ireland, B.J., Warren, E.D., Whiteman, J.A., and Whittle, C.K., 1987, Analytical transmission electron microscopy in the study of diagenetic clay minerals: Mineralogical Magazine, v. 51, no. 359, p. 123-124.

Curtis, C.D., 1987, Clay diagenesis, in Rodriguez-Clemente, R., and Tardy, Y. (eds.) Geochemistry and mineral formation in the Earth surface, Cons. Super. Invest. Cient. , Spain, p. 585-596.

Davison, J.M., Ineson, P.R., and Mitchell, J.G., 1992, Potassium-argon isotope age determinations from the metasomatic alteration of the Great Limestone, Northern Pennine Orefield: Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, v. 49, p. 71-74.

de Jong, K., Amouric, M., Feraud, G., and Ruffet, G., 1995, Excess (super 40) Ar uptake by phengite after late stage illitization (Betic Zone, SE Spain); a (super 40) Ar/ (super 39) Ar single grain and HRTEM-AEM study: Terra Abstracts, v. 7, p. 349-350.

Dillard, J.G., and Koppelman, M.H., 1975, An XPS study of the interaction of metal ions with marine clay minerals: Eos, v. 56, no. 12, p. 1004.

Dong, Hailiang, Hall, C.M., Peacor, D.R., and Halliday, A.N., 1995, Mechanisms of argon retention in clays revealed by laser (super 40) Ar- (super 39) Ar dating: Science, v. 267, no. 5196, p. 355-359.

Dong, Hailiang, Hall, C.M., Peacor, D.R., and Halliday, A.N., 1996, Laser (super 40) Ar/ (super 39) Ar micro-sampling of illite using vacuum encapsulated irradiation: Eos, v. 77, no. 17, p. 92.

Dong, Hailiang, 1997, Development of (super 40) Ar/ (super 39) Ar technique for clays; correlation between mineralogical characterization and radiogenic isotope dating: Doctoral Dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 231 p.

Dong, Hailiang, Hall, C.M., Halliday, A.N., and Peacor, D.R., 1997, Laser (super 40) Ar/ (super 39) Ar dating of microgram-size illite samples and implications for thin section dating: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 61, no. 18, p. 3803-3808.

Dong, Hailang, Hall, C.M., Peacor, D.R., Halliday, A.N., Pevear, D.R., 2000, Thermal (super 40) Ar/ (super 39) Ar separation of diagenetic from detrital illitic clays in Gulf Coast shales: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 175, no. 3-4, p. 309-325.

Drits, V.A., Weber, F., Salyn, A.L., Tsipursky, S.I., 1993, X-ray identification of one-layer illite varieties; application to the study of illites around uranium deposits of Canada: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 41, no. 3, p. 389-398.

Drits, V.A., Varaxina, T.V., Sakharov, B.A., and Plancon, A., 1994, A simple technique for identification of one-dimensional powder X-ray diffraction patterns for mixed-layer illite-smectites and other interstratified minerals: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 42, no. 4, p. 382-390.

Duba, Daria, 1982, The application of illite crystallinity, organic matter reflectance and isotopic techniques to the exploration for sedimentary-hosted hydrothermal ore deposits, southwestern Gaspe: Master's Thesis, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, 142 p.

Eberl, D.D., and Velde, B., 1989, Beyond the Kubler index: Clay Minerals, v. 24, no. 4, p. 571-577.

Evernden, J.F., Curtis, G.H., Obradovich, J., and Kistler, R., 1961, On the evaluation of glauconite and illite for dating sedimentary rocks by the potassium-argon method: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 23, p. 78-99.

Fanning, D.S., Keramidas, V.Z., and El-Desoky, M.A., 1989, Micas, in Dixon, J.B., and Weed, S.B., Minerals in soil environments, Soil Science of America, Madison, WI, p. 551-634.

Feldman, S.C., and Taranik, J.V., 1986, Correlation between high-resolution remote-sensing imagery and detailed field mapping in Cordilleran Miogeocline: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70, no. 5, p. 589.

Fenner, Peter, 1967, Preliminary study of effects of illite comminution: Internat. Clay Conf., Jerusalem, Israel, p. 241-243.

Ferrell, R.E., Jr., Maciasz, G.M., and LeBlanc, W.S., 1995, Clay mineral petrography with digital X-ray and backscattered electron imagery, in Churchman, G.J., Fitzpatrick, R.W., and Eggleton, R.A. (eds.) Clays; controlling the environment, CSIRO Publishing, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, p. 285-290.

Fertl, W.H., and Chilingarian, G.V., 1988, Determination of volume, type, and distribution modes of clay minerals from well logging data: Proceedings - Eighth SPE Symposium on Formation Damage Control, v. 8, p. 13-28.

Filep, D., and Khargitau, I., 1977, Thermodynamic analysis of cation exchange processes in the soil-solution system: Soviet Soil Science, v. 9, no. 5, p. 599-609.

Freed, R.L., and Peacor, D.R., 1992, Diagenesis and the formation of authigenic illite-rich I/S crystals in Gulf Coast shales; TEM study of clay separates: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 62, no. 2, p. 220-234.

Gafford, E.L., Jr., 1965, Determination of depositional environment of the Annelly 1; a section by the K/Rb ratio within the clay mineral illite: Master's Thesis, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 69 p.

Gal, M., Amiel, A.J., and Ravikovitch, S., 1974, Clay mineral distribution and origin in the soil types of Israel: Journal of Soil Science, v. 25, no. 1, p. 79-89.

Gata, G., 1975, Determination of the specific surface area of clay minerals and clay fractions from sediments and soils: Studii Tecnice si Economice - Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica. Seria I, Mineralogie-Petrografie, no. 13, p. 13-19.

Girard, J.P., Savin, S.M., Aronson, J.L., and Walgenwitz, Frederique, 1987, Episodic clay diagenesis in the Lower Cretaceous arkoses of the Cuanza Basin (Angola); K/Ar, (super 18) O/ (super 16) O, and mineralogic evidence: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 24, p. 59.

Gladwell, D.R., 1982, Application of reflectance spectrometry to clay mineral determination in geological materials using portable radiometers: Proceedings of the International symposium on remote sensing of environment; second thematic conference; "Remote sensing for exploration geology"; Volume I, Environ. Res. Inst. Mich., Ann Arbor, MI, p. 29-38.

Glasmann, J.R., 1987, Argon diffusion in illite during diagenesis; how good is the K/Ar clock-: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 24, p. 60.

Glasmann, J.R., Moore, G.E., and Collins, I.D., 1987, Applications of illite K/Ar dating to interpretation of basin thermal and fluid migration histories: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 24, p. 61.

Glasmann, J.R., 1987, Comments on "The evolution of illite to muscovite; mineralogical and data from the Glarus Alps, Switzerland" isotopic: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 96, no. 1, p. 72-74.

Gokhale, K.V.G.K., and Rao, D.M., 1977, Order-disorder studies on illites by differential thermal and infrared techniques: Indian Mineralogist, v. 18, p. 49-53.

Gold, C.M., Cavell, P.A., Smith, D.G.W., 1983, Clay minerals in mixtures; sample preparation, analysis, and statistical interpretation: Clays and Clay Minerals, v 31, no. 3, p. 191-199.
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Grim, R.E., Bradley, W.F., and Brown, G., 1951, The mica clay minerals, in Brindley, G.W., (ed.) X-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals, Chapter 5, p. 138-172.

Grim, R.E., 1962, Applied clay mineralogy: McGraw Hill, New York, 422 p.

Gu, Baohua, and Doner, H.E., 1992, The microstructure of dilute clay and humic acid suspensions revealed by freeze-fracture electron microscopy: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 40, no. 2, p. 246-250.

Guthrie, G.D., and Veblen, D.R., 1989, High-resolution transmission electron microscopy of mixed-layer illite/smectite; computer simulations: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 37, no. 1, p. 1-11.

Hall, P.L., 1980, The application of electron spin resonance spectroscopy to studies of clay minerals; I, Isomorphous substitutions and external surface properties: Clay Minerals, v. 15, no. 4, p. 321-335.

Hall, C.M., Kesler, S.E., Simon, Grigore, and Higueras, P.L., 1997, Ar dating micro-sampling techniques applied to problems in economic geology: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 29, no. 6, p. 51.

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Hassanipak, A.A., and Wampler, J.M., 1996, Radiogenic argon released by stepwise heating of glauconite and illite; the influence of composition and particle size: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 44, no. 6, p. 717-726.

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Hauff, P.L., Kruse, F.A., and Madrid, R.J., 1991, Defining gold ore zones using illite polytypes, in Raines, G.L., Lisle, R.E., Schafer, R.W., and Wilkinson, W.H. (eds.) Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin; symposium proceedings, Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, NV, p. 239-247.

Hauff, P., Kruse, F.A., Madrid, R., Fraser, S., Huntington, J., Jones, M., and Watters, S., 1991, Illite crystallinity; case histories using X-ray diffraction and reflectance spectroscopy to define ore host environments: Proceedings of the Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, v. 8, p. 447-458.

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Heslop, A., 1978, Using cross-plots to quantify the effect of shaliness: Journal - Canadian Well Logging Society, v. 10, no. 1, p. 79-91.

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Huggett, J.M., and White, S.H., 1982, High voltage electron microscopy of authigenic clay minerals in sandstones: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 30, no. 3, p. 232-236.

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Hughes, Randall, and Bohor, Bruce, 1970, Random clay powders prepared by spray-drying: American Mineralogist, v. 55, no. 9-10, p. 1780-1786.

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Inoue, Atsuyuki, Bouchet, Alain, Velde, Bruce, and Meunier, Alain, 1989, Convenient technique for estimating smectite layer percentage in randomly interstratified illite/smectite minerals: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 37, no. 3, p. 227-234.

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Kazi, A., 1975, Quantitative fabric analysis of Drammen Clay using X-ray diffraction technique: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 45, no. 4, p. 883-890.

Klimentidis, R.E., and Mackinnon, I.D.R., 1986, High-resolution imaging of ordered mixed-layer clays: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 34, no. 2, p. 155-164.

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Lahann, R.W., 1976, The effect of trace metal extraction procedures on clay minerals: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 8, no. 6, p. 969.

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Logvinenko, N.V., 1990, Determination of illite crystallinity: Lithology and Mineral Resources, v. 25, no. 2, p. 180-181.

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Martinec, P., Krajicek, J., and Weiss, Z., 1981, Quantitative analysis of a three-component system of kaolinite-illite-quartz: Eighth conference on clay mineralogy and petrology, Univ. Karlova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, p. 85-89.

Matthews, J.C., and Lee, M., 1987, Authigenic I/S and K-feldspar in Ordovician tuffs in the Upper Mississippi Valley: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 24, p. 92.

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Meunier, Alain, and Velde, Bruce, 1989, Solid solutions in I/S mixed-layer minerals and illite: American Mineralogist, v. 74, no. 9-10, p. 1106-1112.

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