Geology of Clays : Weathering · Sedimentology · Geochemistry

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI The Clay Minerals....Pages 1-28 Argillaceous Rocks....Pages 29-48 Geochemistry of Ions in the Hydrosphere....Pages 49-67 The Place of Clays in the Geochemical Cycle....Pages 68-83 Weathering and Soil Clays....Pages 84-134 Clays of Continental Sediments....Pages 135-177 Clays of Marine Sediments....Pages 178-234 Evolution of the Clay Fraction in Some Great Sedimentary Series....Pages 235-276 Silicifications, Flint and Growth of Crystals....Pages 277-301 Genesis of Clay Minerals: Inheritance and Transformation....Pages 302-322 Genesis of Clays: Neoformations and Syntheses....Pages 323-354 Superficial Geochemistry and The Silicate Cycle....Pages 355-388 Back Matter....Pages 389-429