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The contribution of clay mineralogy to the study of the diagenesis of sediments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

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In responding to the kind invitation of the Clay Minerals Group, may I say that my notes are intended to express appreciation by a geologist of the illuminating work of the Group, as well as a plea for many favours to come?

History repeats itself. Forty years ago, when the coarser detrital and authigenic constituents of sediments were first being systematically examined, it became evident that their significance could not be assessed until we knew, in broad outline at least, the characters of the assemblages in all the major stratigraphical divisions. The more finely-grained materials were at that time in the main intractable: their investigation has had to await the development of the now familiar techniques utilized by the Group.

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1952

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page 248 note * From the abstract just to hand, it is evident that Dr G. Millot has obtained data of considerable significance in this connection.

page 250 note * From the abstract, it appears that Mr Seal's work may help here.