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X-ray Examination of some Clays from the London Platform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. W. Tank
Affiliation:
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.

Abstract

X-ray analyses of Kimmeridgian clays recovered from the Warlingham Number 1 Borehole indicate that illite and kaolinite are the dominant clay minerals present. Illite, chlorite, and kaolinite, are present in the Devonian clays recovered from the Willesden Number 1 Borehole. The relationships between the clay minerals of the Kimmeridgian and Devonian clays and the clay mineral assemblage of the English Wealden is discussed.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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