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A Laboratory Manual for X-Ray Powder Diffraction

VERMICULITE

Selected Bibliography


Adhikari, M., and Majumdar, M.K., 1972, Energy changes in dehydroxylation of silicate minerals: Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, v. 31, no. 5, p. 127-130.

Adhikari, M., and Majumdar, M.K., 1972, Surface properties of some Indian clay minerals: Indian Journal of Technology, v. 10, no. 11, p. 413-415.

Adhikari, M., and Majumdar, M.K., 1973, Electrometric titrations of hydrogen clays from sedimentary silicate minerals with pyridine: Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, v. 32, no. 4,. p. 86-88.

Alexiades, C.A., and Jackson, M.L., 1965, Quantitative determination of vermiculite in soils: Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, v. 29, p. 522-527.

Attia, G.M., 1995, The first usage of an ultrasonic technique for identification of clay minerals, in Churchman, G.J., Fitzpatrick, R.W., and Eggleton, R.A. (eds.), Clays; controlling the environment, 10th international Clay conference, CSIRO Publishing, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, p. 311-316.

Barnhisel, R.I., 1977, Chlorites and hydroxy interlayered vermiculite and smectite, in Dixon, J.B., Weed, S.B., Kittrick, J.A., Milford, M.H., and White, J.L. (eds.), Minerals in soil environments, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wis., p. 331-356.

Bassett, W.A., 1963, The geology of vermiculite occurrences: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 10, p. 61-69.

Bickmore, B.R.;, Hochella, M.F., Jr., Bosbach, D., and Charlet, L., 1999, Methods for performing atomic force microscopy imaging of clay minerals in aqueous solutions: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 47, no. 5, p. 573-581.

Blount, A.M., and Corbett, R.G., 1981, Talc and clays in the soil as indicators of buried talc bodies: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 13, no. 7, p. 411.

Boltin, R., 1989, Analysis for asbestiform amphiboles in vermiculite ore: The Microscope, v. 37, no. 3, p. 272-273.

Boss, B.D., 1967, Differential thermal analysis of biotitic vermiculite to determine vermiculite content: American Mineralogist, v. 52, p. 294-298.

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. 

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, 21, no. 4, p. 213-217.

Chaikum, N., and Carr, R.M., 1987, Electron spin resonance studies of halloysites: Clay Minerals, v. 22, no. 3, p. 287-296.

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.

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

Coffman, C.B., and Fanning, D.S., 1970, Vermiculite determination on whole soils by cation exchange capacity methods: Clay Minerals Conference, 19th Annual, Clay Minerals Society, 7th Meeting, Programs and Abstracts, Clay Miner. Society, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, p. 15.

Coffman, C.B., and Fanning, D.S., 1974, 'Vermiculite' determination on whole soils by cation exchange capacity methods: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 22, no. 3, p. 271-283.

Curtin, D., Selles, F., and Steppuhn, H., 1995, Sodium-calcium exchange selectivity as influenced by soil properties and method of determination: Soil Science, v. 159, no. 3, p. 176-184.

Deer, W.A., Howie, R.A., and Zussman, J., 1975, An introduction to rock-forming minerals: Longman Group Ltd., London, 528 p.

Dexter, J.J., Goodknight, C.S., Dayvault, R.D., and Dickson, R.E., 1983, Mineral evaluation of part of the Gold Butte District, Clark County, Nevada: Bendix Field Eng. Corp. Report GJBX-18(83), Grand Junction Oper., Grand Junction, CO, 31 p.

Douglas, L.A., 1977, Vermiculites, in Dixon, J.B., Weed, S.B., Kittrick, J.A., Milford, M.H., and White, J.L. (eds.), Minerals in soil environments, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wis., p. 259-292.

Douglas, L.A., 1989, Vermiculites, in Dixon, J.B., and Weed, S. B. (eds.), Minerals in soil environments, 2nd Edition, Soil Science Society of America Book Series, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, p. 625-674.

Fripiat, J.J., 1980, The application of NMR to the study of clay minerals: NATO ASI Series. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, no. 63, p. 245-313.

Gal, M., and Rich, C.I., 1972, Extinction bend contours in electron microscopy of clay-size mica-vermiculites: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 20, no. 4, p. 207-210.

Gata, G., 1973, 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, Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica, Bucharest, Romania, p. 13-19.

Ghabru, S.K., St. Arnaud, R.J., and Mermut, A.R., 1988, Use of high gradient magnetic separation in detailed clay mineral studies: Canadian Journal of Soil Science, v. 68, no. 3, p. 645-655.

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, P.L., 1980, The application of electron spin resonance spectroscopy to studies of clay minerals; II, Interlamellar complexes; structure, dynamics and reactions: Clay Minerals, v. 15, no. 4, p. 337-349.

Honeycutt, F.M., Heimlich, R.A., and Palmer, D.F., 1978, Petrologic and magnetic study of the Balsam Gap dunite body, Jackson County, North Carolina: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 10, no. 4, p. 171. 

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

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

Jain, D.C., Sharma, B.K., and Garg, K.B., 1981, X-ray absorption study of vermiculite mica: Journal of Physics. D: Applied Physics, v. 14, no. 1, p. L5-L7.

Kimbara, K., Shimoda, S., and Sudo, T., 1974, An unusual chlorite as revealed by the high temperature X-ray diffractometer: Clay Minerals, v. 10, no. 2, p. 71-78.

Laird, D.A., Scott, A.D., and Fenton, T.E., 1989, Evaluation of the alkylammonium method of determining layer charge: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 37, no. 1, p. 41-46.

La Salle, P., Warren, B., Gilbert, P., Jacob, H.L., and La Salle, Y.R., 1975, Moraine sampling under varved clays in the Rouyn-Val d'Or area; general results: Developments in Economic Geology, no. 1, p. 595-610.

Levy, D.B., and Graham, R.C., 1993, Paragonite in soils derived from quartz-mica schist in Northern California: Soil Science, v. 155, no. 2, p. 123-130.

Mathieson, A.M., 1958, Mg-vermiculite: a refinement and reexamination of crystal strcuture of the 14.36-angstrom phase: American Mineralogist, v. 43, p. 216-227.

Martinec, P., Weiss, Z., Skoda, V., and Strauch, R., 1981, Raman spectra of antigorite, chrysotile, vermiculite and mixed-layer biotite-vermiculite: Eighth conference on clay mineralogy and petrology, Univ. Karlova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, p. 91-95.
Monograph Author: Konta, J.
Pages (analytic): 91-95

Maybin, A.H., III, and Carpenter, R.H., 1990, Geochemistry; a new approach for vermiculite exploration in South Carolina, in Zupan, A.J.W., and Maybin, A.H., III (eds), Proceedings; 24th forum on the Geology of industrial minerals, Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, v. 24, p. 57-69.

Mironov, A.G., Krendelev, F.P., and Zhmodik, S.M., 1979, Modelling of processes of rock weathering with the use of radioisotopes, in Mrna, F., Cadek, J., and Pavlu, D. (eds.), Methods of geochemical prospecting, Geol. Surv. Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia, p. 153-155.

Monterroso, C., and Macias, F., 1998, Evaluation of the test-mineral method for studying minesoil geochemistry: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 62, no. 6, p. 1741-1748.

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.

Olis, A.C., Malla, P.B., and Douglas, L.A., 1989, The layer charges of 2:1 expanding clays from dodecylammonium and/or octadecylammonium ion expansion: Program and Abstracts - Annual Clay Minerals Conference, v. 26, p. 52.

Patel, M., 1981, Application of scanning electron microscopy in the analysis of the 2:1 group of clay minerals; vermiculite: X-Ray Spectrometry, v. 10, no. 2, p. 82-84.

Patel, M., 1983, Application of X-ray microprobe technique to clay minerals; vermiculite: X-Ray Spectrometry, v. 12, no. 1, p. 42-46.

Paterson, E., and Swaffield, R., 1987, Thermal analysis, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.) A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 99-132.

Peper, J.D., Lesure, F.G., Cox, L.J., and D'Agostino, J.P., 1991, Geology, geochemistry, and mineral resource assessment of the Southern Nantahala Wilderness and adjacent roadless areas, Rabun and Towns counties, Georgia, and Clay and Macon counties, North Carolina: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1883, 30 p.

Rakhshandehroo, G.R., Wallace, R.B., Boyd, S.A., and Voice, T.C., 1998, Hydraulic characteristics of organomodified soils for use in sorptive zone applications: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 62, no. 1, p. 5-12.

Rausell-Colom, J.A., and Serratosa, J.M., 1985, Perturbation of V (sub OH) infrared frequencies by interlayer cations in homoionic vermiculites; structural implications: Mineralogica et Petrographica Acta, v. 29, no. A, p. 409-423.

Rich, C.I., 1966, Concentration of dioctahedral mica and vermiculite using a fluoride solution: Clays and clay minerals--Proceedings of the 14th National Conference, v. 26, p. 91-98.
Pages (analytic): 91-98

Rowan, L.C., Bowers, T.L., Crowley, J.K., Anton-Pacheco, C., Gumiel, P., and Kingston, M.J., 1995, Analysis of airborne visible-infrared imaging spectrometer (AVIRIS) data of the Iron Hill, Colorado, carbonatite-alkalic igneous complex: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, v. 90, no. 7, p 1966-1982.

Schroeder, P.A., Kim, J.G., and Melear, N.D., 1997, Mineralogical and textural criteria for recognizing remnant Cenozoic deposits on the Piedmont; evidence from Sparta and Greene County, Georgia, U.S.A.: Sedimentary Geology, v. 108, no. 1-4, p. 195-206. 

Skipper, N.T., Williams, G.D., de Siqueira, A.V.C., Lobban, C., and Soper, A.K., 2000, Time-of-flight neutron diffraction studies of clay-fluid interactions under basin conditions: Clay Minerals, v. 35, no. 1, p. 283-290.

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.

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

Thomas, J.M., 1984, New ways of characterizing layered silicates and their intercalates: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, v. 311, no. 1517, p.271-285.

Tripathi, R.P., Chandra, U., Chandra, R., and Lokanathan, S., 1978, A Mossbauer study of the effects of heating biotite, phlogopite and vermiculite: Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, v. 40, no. 7, p. 1293-1298.

Vali, H., and Hesse, R., 1992, Identification of vermiculite by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction: Clay Minerals, v. 27, no. 2, p. 185-192.

Wall, G.J., and Wilding, L.P., 1976, 1976, Mineralogy and related parameters of fluvial suspended sediments in northwestern Ohio: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 5, no. 2, p. 168-173.

Walker, G.F., 1957, On the differentiation of vermiculites and smectites in clays: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 3, p. 154-163.

Walker, G.F., 1961, Vermiculite minerals, in Brown, G. (ed.), The X-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals, Chapter 7, Mineralogical Society, London, p. 297-324.

Walker, G.F., 1975, Vermiculites, in Gieseking, J.E. (ed.), Soil Components, v. 2, Inorganic Components, Springewr Verlag, New York, p. 155-189.

Webb, P.N., 1978, Miocene sediments and micropaleontology in gravity cores from RISP/J9 and comparisons with DVDP and DSDP drillcore successions: Bulletin - Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP), no. 8, p. 125.

Wilson, M.J., 1987, X-ray powder diffraction methods, in Wilson, M.J. (ed.) A handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, New York, NY, p. 26-98.

Wilson, S.R., Ridler, P.J., and Jennings, B.R., 1999, A method of extending magnetic birefringence particle sizing into the sub-micron range: Clay Minerals, v. 34, no. 3, p. 511-514.

Zhmodik, S.M., 1979, Thorium-uranium ratio during weathering and its importance as an indicator: Transactions (Doklady) of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences: Earth Science Sections, v. 247, no. 1-6, p. 233-236.


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