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A Laboratory Manual for X-Ray Powder Diffraction

SMECTITE GROUP

Selected Bibliography


Abrams, M.J., Goetz, A.F. H., and Lang, H., 1983, New techniques for clay mineral identification by remote sensing: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, no. 3, p. 410.

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Barshad, Isaac, 1960, X-ray analysis of soil colloids by a modified salted paste method, in Swineford, A. (ed.), Clays and clay minerals, Internat. Earth Science Ser. Mon. 5 of Pergamon Press, New York, p. 350-364.

Borchardt, G.A., 1977, Montmorillonite and other smectite minerals, in Dixon, J.B., Weed, S.B., Kittrick, J.A., Milford, M.H., and White, J.L. (eds.), Minerals in soil environments, Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison, Wis., p. 293-330.

Borggaard, O.K., 1982, Selective extraction of amorphous iron oxides by EDTA from selected silicates and mixtures of amorphous and crystalline iron oxides: Clay Minerals, v. 17, no. 3, p. 365-368.

Bottrell, M.C., Schneck, W.M., and Hopen, T.J., 1989, Identification of commercial clays in asbestos-containing building materials using polarized light microscopy and microchemical tests: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 21, no. 3, p. 5.

Brown, George (ed.), 1961, The x-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals, Miner. Soc. (Clay Miner. Group), London, 544 p.

Brusewitz, A.M., 1975, In the Li-test for distinction between smectites, montmorillonite may lose vacant sites and as a consequence the characteristic irreversible collapse: International Clay Conference; Abstracts, Univ. Nac. Auton. Mex., Inst. Geol., Mexico, p. 30-32.

Buatier, Martine, Honnorez, Jose, and Ehret, Gabrielle, 1989, Fe-smectite-glauconite transition in hydrothermal green clays from the Galapagos spreading center: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 37, no. 6, p. 532-541.

Burst, J.F., Jr., 1959, Postdiagenetic clay mineral environmental relationships in the Gulf Coast Eocene: International Series of Monographs on Earth Sciences, v. 2, Pergamon Press, Oxford, p. 327-341.

Caillere, Simonne, and Henin, S., 1951, The properties and identification of saponite (bowlingite): Clay Minerals Bulletin, v. 1, no. 5, p. 138-144.

Canan, Birsen, 2000, Dielectric permittivity of clay-water mixture; frequency dependency and volumetric mixing model, in Powers, M.H., Ibrahim, Abou-Bakr, and Cramer, Lynn (eds.) Proceedings of the symposium on the Application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems, Arlington, VA, p. 523-532.

Carstea, D.D., Harward, M.E., and Knox, E.G., 1970, Comparison of iron and aluminum hydroxy interlayers in montmorillonite and vermiculite; II, Dissolution: Proceedings - Soil Science Society of America, v. 34, no. 3, p. 522-526.

Chester, R., and Elderfield, H., 1971, An infra-red study of clay minerals; 1, The identification of montmorillonite-type clays in marine sediments: Chemical Geology, v. 7, no. 2, p. 97-105.

Delvaux, B., Mestdagh, M.M., Vielvoye, L., and Herbillon, A.J., 1989, XRD, IR and ESR study of experimental alteration of Al-nontronite into mixed-layer kaolinite/smectite: Clay Minerals, v. 24, no. 4, p. 617-630.

DeRudder, R.D.; Beck, C.W., 1963, Stevensite and talc-Hydrothermal alteration products of wollastonite: Procedings of the 11th National Conference Clays and Clay Minerals, 11th, Ottawa, p. 188-199.

Eggleton, R.A., 1988, The application of micro-beam methods to iron minerals in soils, in Stucki, J.W., Goodman, B.A., and Schwertmann, U. (eds.), Iron in soils and clay minerals, NATO ASI Series. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, v.: 217, p. 165-201.

El-Barawy, K.A., Girgis, B.S., and Felix, N.S., 1986, Thermal treatment of some pure smectites: Thermochimica Acta, v. 98, p. 181-189.

Elm'chaouri, A., and Simonot-Grange, M.H., 1990, Hydration thermodynamic functions of hectorite and nontronite from experimental isotherms and the Polanyi-Dubinin method: Sciences Geologiques. Memoire, v. 87, p. 35-43.

Fertl, W.H., and Chilingarian, G.V., 1984, Subsurface clay mineral identification and cation exchange capacity estimates in shale/sand strata based on geophysical well logs: The 27th International Geological Congress, v. 27, no. 7, p. 38.

Franco, M.A., Gessa, C., and Cariati, F., 1978, Identification of tetramethylammonium ion in methylated NH (sub 4) -bentonite: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 26, no. 1, p. 73-75.

Greene-Kelly, R., 1953, The identification of montmorillonoids in clays: Journal of Soil Science, v. 4, no. 2, p. 233-237.

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.

Harding, D.J., 1989, Comparison of the capabilities of the Japanese Earth resources optical sensor and the Landsat thematic mapper for lithologic mapping: Proceedings of the Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, v. 7, p. 485-486.

Herman, R.G., Bogdan, C.E., and Sommer, A.J., 1985, Laser Raman microprobe study of the identification and thermal transformations of some carbonate and aluminosilicate minerals: Materials Science Research, v. 19, p. 113-130.

Huang Shiming, 1984, Identification of expansive soils by specific surface area values: National Conference Publication - Institution of Engineers, Australia, v. 84/3, p. 1-3.

Huck, F.O., Jobson, D.J., Park, S.K., Wall, S.D., Arvidson, R.E., Patterson, W.R., Benton, W.D., 1977, Spectrophotometric and color estimates of the Viking lander sites: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 82, no.28, p. 4401-4411.

Hutchinson, P.J., 1994, Late Cretaceous (Austin Group) volcanic deposits as a hydrocarbon trap: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 78, no. 9, p. 1461.

Jackson, M.L., and Lim, C.H., 1980, Mineral preparations for incisive X-ray diffraction identification: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 29, p. 53.

Kirkman, J.H., 1974, Dimethyl sulphoxide treatment of standard clay minerals and clay fractions of selected New Zealand soils: New Zealand Journal of Science, v. 17, no. 4, p. 503-509.

Kloprogge, J.T., Jansen, J.B.H., and Geus, J.W., 1990, Characterization of synthetic Na-beidellite: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 38, no. 4, p. 409-414.

Konta, Jiri, 1961, Imbibometry, a new method for the investigation of clays: American Mineralogist, v. 46, no. 3-4, p. 289-303.

Konta, Jiri, 1963, Identification of clay minerals and the study of argillaceous rocks by the imbibometric method: Clays and clay minerals (Natl. Conf. Clays & Clay Minerals, 10th, Pr.), p. 42-58.

Kruse, F.A., and Hauff, P.L., 1990, Remote sensing clay mineral investigations for geologic applications using visible/infrared imaging spectroscopy, in Farmer, V.C., Tardy, Y. (eds.), Sciences Geologiques. Memoire, v. 89, p. 43-51.

Kudlac, J.J., 1972, Tri- and diethanolamine clay complexes and their use in clay mineral identification: Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 115 p.

MacEwan, DM.C., 1944, Identification of the montmorillonite group of minerals by x-rays: Nature, v. 154, no. 3914, p. 577-578.

MacEwan, D.M.C, 1961, Montmorillonite minerals, Chapter 4: The X-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals, 2d edition, Mineralogical Society, London, p. 142-207.

Malla, P.B., and Douglas, L.A., 1987, Problems in identification of montmorillonite and beidellite: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 35, no. 3, p. 232-236.

Martin Vivaldi, J.L., and Rodriguez G.M., 1961, Some problems in the identification of clay minerals in mixtures by x-ray diffraction; II, Chlorite, swelling chlorite and montmorillonite: Clay Minerals Bulletin, v. 4, no. 26, p. 293-298.

McDole, R.E., Lewis, G.C., and Fosberg, M.A., 1973, Identification of paleosols and the Fort Hall Geosol in southeastern Idaho loess deposits: Proceedings - Soil Science Society of America, v. 37, no. 4, p. 611-616.

Mering, J., and Oberlin, A., 1971, The Smectites, in Electron-optical investigation of clays, Mineralogical Society Monograph v. 3, Mineralogical Society, London, United Kingdom, p. 193-229.

Merry, N., and Pontual, S., 1999, Rapid alteration mapping using field portable infrared spectrometers, PACRIM '99 congress; proceedings, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Parkville, Victoria, v. 4-99, p. 693-698.

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

Mitra, R.P., 1959, Some recent developments in the field of fundamental clay research: Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, v. 7, no. 4, p. 207-211.

Moore, D.M., and Reynolds, R.C., 1997, X-ray diffraction and the identification and analysis of clay minerals: 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 378 p.

Muramoto, F.S.; Elders, W.A., 1984, Identification of zones of progressive hydrothermal metamorphism from wireline logs and their correlation to reservoir temperatures in the Salton Sea and Westmorland geothermal systems, Imperial Valley, California, in Rigsby, C.A. (ed.), The Imperial Basin; tectonics, sedimentation and thermal aspects, Field Trip Guidebook - Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, v. 40, p. 87-95.

Muravyov, V.I., 1970, On the identification of montmorillonite minerals in the presence of amorphous materials: Sedimentology, v. 15, no. 1-2, p. 199-203.

Nadeau, P.H., and Tait, J.M., 1987, Transmission electron microscopy, in Wilson, M. . (ed.) A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 209-247.

Odom, I.E., and Elzea, J.M., 1991, Environmental aspects of silica minerals in clays and sediments: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 28, p. 123.

Oinuma, Kaorum, and Hayashi, Hisato, 1965, Infrared study of mixed-layer clay minerals: American Mineralogist, v. 50, no. 9, p. 1213-1227.

Petruk, W., 1976, Amorphous "minerals" from the Peace River oolitic iron deposit, Alberta: Program with Abstracts - Geological Association of Canada; Mineralogical Association of Canada; Canadian Geophysical Union, Joint Annual Meeting, Geological Association of Canada, Waterloo, ON, v. 1, p. 64

Rajeswara R.A.V., and Ali, A., 1962, Mineral assay of some Andhra Pradesh clays by staining tests and petrographic examination: Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, v. 10, no. 1, p. 51-60.

Ramachandran, V.S., and Ahmad, F.V., 1968, Simple test for clay identification: Clayworker, v. 77, no. 916, p. 32-34.

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Rowan, L.C., 1983, Identification of altered minerals by using airborne spectral reflectance: . S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1375, p. 259-260.

Rowan, L.C.; Goetz, L.F.H., Crowley, J.K., and Kingston, M.J., 1983, Identification of hydrothermal mineralization in Baja California, Mexico, from orbit, using the Shuttle multispectral infrared radiometer, in Buettner, M. (ed.), Digest; Remote sensing; extending Man's horizon; Vol. I, Inst. Electr. and Electron. Eng., Piscataway, NJ, p. 3.1-3.9.

Russell, J.D., 1979, An infrared spectroscopic study of the interaction of nontronite and ferruginous montmorillonites with alkali metal hydroxides: Clay Minerals, v. 14, no. 2, p. 127-138.

Sahu, G.C., Nanda, S.S.K., and Panda, N., 1986, Identification characteristics and transformation of clay minerals in coastal saline soils of Orissa: Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, v. 34, no. 3, p. 585-592.

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Schultz, L., 1969, Lithium and potassium absorption, dehydration temperature, and structural water content of aluminous smectites: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 17, p. 115-149.

Sehgal, J.L., and Coninck, F., 1971, Identification of 14Aa and 7Aa Clay Minerals in Punjab Soils: Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, v. 19, no. 2, p. 159-166.

Sjoblom, R., Kalbantner, P., Bjurstrom, H., and Pusch, Roland, 1998, Application of the general microstructural model to erosion phenomena; mechanisms for the chemical-hydrodynamic conversion of bentonite to a pumpable slurry in conjunction with retrieval: Engineering Geology, v. 54, no. 1-2, p. 109-116.

Smith, B.F.L., and Mitchell, B.D., 1987, Characterization of poorly ordered minerals by selective chemical methods, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.), A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 275-294.

Starkey, H.C., and Mountjoy, Wayne, 1973, Identification of a lithium-bearing smectite from Spor Mountain, Utah: Journal of Research of the U. S. Geological Survey, v. 1, no. 4, p. 415-419.

Takeoka, Kiyoshi, 1967, Identification of clay minerals by infrared absorption spectra: Science and Engineering Review of Doshisha University, v. 8, no. 2, p. 78-89.

Tamura, Tsuneo, 1957, Identification of the 14 A clay mineral component: American Mineralogist, v. 42, no. 1-2, p. 107-110.

Thompson, D.A., and Reynolds, W.R., 1975, Identification and origin of secondary sulfates in the Mississippi medicine earths: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 7, no. 4, p. 545.

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