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Procedure for clay mineral analyses used in the sedimentary petrology laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

John C. Hathaway
John C. Hathaway*
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Beltsville, Md., U.S.A.
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Abstract

The procedure used for fractionation of soils, rocks, and sedimentary materials involves separation of the clay (less than 2 microns) and silt (2 to 62 microns) by centrifugation. Randomly oriented powders and oriented aggregates of these materials are examined using X-ray diffraction as the principal method of analysis.

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Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 3 , Issue 15 , October 1956 , pp. 8 - 13
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1956

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Publication authorized by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey.

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