Paleosols (fossil soils) are preserved throughout the geologic record in depositional settings
ranging from alluvial systems to between basalt flows. Until recently, paleosols were studied …

The kaolinite-group minerals kaolinite, dickite, nacrite, halloysite including its metaform and
their associates allophane and imogolite are phyllosilicates characterized by a rather simple …

The ChemCam instrument package on the Mars rover, Curiosity, provides new capabilities
to probe the abundances of certain trace elements in the rocks and soils on Mars using the …

This research analyzed the pore evolution and diagenesis in a Permian Shanxi shale from
the Ordos Basin. Thermal simulation method simulated the thermal evolution of organic …

Abstract Series of visible light responsive Ag/AgBr/(I/S) composites based on I/S were
synthesized by deposition-precipitation method. Methyl orange (MO) and other organic dyes …

The morphology, mineralogy, and stratigraphic and lateral distribution of paleosols in
Pennsylvanian (Moscovian–Gzhelian; Atokan–Virgilian) mixed marine and terrestrial coal …

Variegated palaeosols, which formed from weathering of clays, silts, and brackish to
freshwater limestones, are present in the late Eocene-early Oligocene Solent Group of the …

Supergene argillitization on basement blocks shows a great variety of deposits with regard
to their mineralogical composition and morphology, particularly those which developed …

Abundant beige and white kaolinite claystone layers, 2–50 cm thick from the Tunçbilek basin
have the characteristics of tonsteins. The aim of this study was to determine the mode of …

The Düvertepe district located on the western end of the Simav Graben is the largest known
fossil hydrothermal kaolin deposit in Turkey. Active hot springs occur to the north of Simav …