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February 01, 1993
Origin and clay-mineral genesis of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary unit, Western Interior of North America Available to Purchase
R. M. Pollastro;
R. M. Pollastro
U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States
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R. M. Pollastro
U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States
Bruce F. Bohor
Publisher: Clay Mineral Society
First Online:
02 Mar 2017
Online ISSN: 1552-8367
Print ISSN: 0009-8604
GeoRef, Copyright 2004, American Geological Institute.
Clays and Clay Minerals (1993) 41 (1): 7–25.
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First Online:
02 Mar 2017
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R. M. Pollastro, Bruce F. Bohor; Origin and clay-mineral genesis of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary unit, Western Interior of North America. Clays and Clay Minerals 1993;; 41 (1): 7–25. doi:
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- alteration
- Cenozoic
- clastic rocks
- clay mineralogy
- clay minerals
- claystone
- Cretaceous
- crystallization
- ejecta
- halloysite
- illite
- K-T boundary
- kaolinite
- lower Paleocene
- Mesozoic
- mixed-layer minerals
- North America
- Paleocene
- Paleogene
- sedimentary rocks
- sheet silicates
- silicates
- smectite
- stratigraphic boundary
- Tertiary
- Upper Cretaceous
- Western Interior
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