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Illite and Smectite: Metastable, Stable or Unstable? Further Discussion and a Correction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

E. J. Essene  and
D. R. Peacor
E. J. Essene
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063
D. R. Peacor
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063
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Illite Phase EquilibriaMetastabilitySchreinemakers’ RulesStability

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 116 - 122
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Copyright © 1997, The Clay Minerals Society

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