Clays are used as barriers for the isolation of landfills and contaminated sites. They are envisioned as long-term storage media for hazardous materials and radioactive wastes, and as seals in the case of geological CO2 sequestration or energy storage. Clay properties greatly in…
Advanced techniques for clay mineral analysis
This book follows another by the same author, published in 1977, which the author considered as ̀̀a first attempt to put some order in the house of clay petrology''. That book was described as ̀̀an excellent first attack on clay mineral petrology ... informative, and stimulating bec…
This book describes clay mineral occurrence in terms of the physical and chemical forces which influence it. It includes a geological description of mineral occurrence, a definition of the major features of clay mineral chemical composition, and an indication of the physical-che…