Crystal Structures of Clay Minerals and their X-Ray Identification
Crystal Structures of Clay Minerals and their X-Ray Identification

Author: G. Brown

Publisher: The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Published: 1982-06-01

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 0903056089

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Structures of layer silicates; order-disorder in clay mineral structures; interlayer and intercalation complexes of clay minerals; interstratified clay minerals; X-ray diffraction procedures for clay mineral identification; associated minerals; quantitative X-ray mineral analysis of clays; appendix: tables for the determination of d in Å from 20 for the Ka and Kb radiations of copper, cobalt and iron.

X-ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals
X-ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals

Author: ROBERT G. REYNOLDS

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780195087130

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This successful text/reference, now in a new edition, explores the applications and limitations of data produced by the interaction of X-rays with clay minerals. This edition pays particular attention to integrating the mineralogy of soils and features a new chapter on disorder and polytypes. Chapter Four, from the first edition, has been expanded and split into two chapters, "Structure and Properties: General Treatment" and "Structure, Nonmenclature, and Occurrences of Clay Minerals." Essential in agriculture, geology, and in making informed engineering decisions, this text offers the necessary information on the properties of these minerals, combining theoretical discussion with recipe-like directions for laboratory procedures. Ideal for students who have completed introductory geology, chemistry, and mineralogy courses, this text can also be used as a reference for researchers and workers in industry.

The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks
The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks

Author: Bruce B. Velde

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-07-18

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 3540756345

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Of huge relevance in a number of fields, this is a survey of the different processes of soil clay mineral formation and the consequences of these processes concerning the soil ecosystem, especially plant and mineral. Two independent systems form soil materials. The first is the interaction of rocks and water, unstable minerals adjusting to surface conditions. The second is the interaction of the biosphere with clays in the upper parts of alteration profiles.

Clay Minerals and the Origin of Life
Clay Minerals and the Origin of Life

Author: Alexander Graham Cairns-Smith

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1986-12-18

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780521324083

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This volume is the edited proceedings of a conference seeking to clarify the possible role of clays in the origin of life on Earth. At the heart of the problem of the origin of life lie fundamental questions such as: What kind of properties is a model of a primitive living system required to exhibit and what would its most plausible chemical and molecular makeup be? Answers to these questions have traditionally been sought in terms of properties that are held to be common to all contemporary organisms. However, there are a number of different ideas both on the nature and on the evolutionary priority of 'common vital properties', notably those based on protoplasmic, biochemical and genetic theories of life. This is therefore the first area for consideration in this volume and the contributors then examine to what extent the properties of clay match those required by the substance which acted as the template for life.