Clay Mineral Composition of Sediments in Some Desert Lakes in Nevada, California, and Oregon
- 16 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 133 (3468) , 1928
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.133.3468.1928
Abstract
X-ray analyses of some Recent desert lacustrine sediments in Nevada, California, and Oregon show that illite and montmorillonite are the most abundant clay minerals and that chlorite and kaolinite are present in subordinate amounts in the sediments of many of the lakes. These clay suites are derived from source rocks.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- ANALYSIS OF PLEISTOCENE CORE FROM GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAHGSA Bulletin, 1960
- Clay Minerals in Playas of the Mojave Desert, CaliforniaScience, 1959