Growth and transformations of clay minerals
Palygorskite and other clay minerals before and after reaction with meteoric ground waters. Images taken by atomic force microscopy.
For reprints email John Rakovan at Rakovajf@muohio.edu
Krekeler, K., Hammerly, E., Rakovan, J. and Guggenheim, S. (2005) Microscopy Studies of the Palygorskite to Smectite Transformation. Clay and Clay Minerals. 53, 92-99.
Krekeler, M.P.S., Guggenheim, S., and Rakovan, J. (2004) A microtexture study of palygorskite-rich sediments from the Hawthorne Formation, southern Georgia, by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Clays and Clay Minerals, 52, 263-274.
Krekeler, K., Rakovan, J. and Guggenheim, S. (2004) Polysome-width variation in palygorskite-sepiolite minerals: A TEM and AFM investigation of structural variation and transformation. Annual Geological Society of America meeting, Abstracts with program.
Krekeler M., Guggenheim, S., and Rakovan, J. (2002) TEM Investigation of Apatite and oxide Minerals in Palygorskite deposits from the Hawthorne formation. Annual Clay Minerals Society meeting, Abstracts with program. p
Krekeler M., Guggenheim, S., and Rakovan, J. (2001) Palygorskite deposits from the Hawthorne Formation, Southern Georgia: A complex history of sedimentation and authigenesis. Annual Geological Society of America meeting, Abstracts with program. p
Hammerly, E., Rakovan, J. and Guggenheim, S. (2001) An AFM study of the palygorskite/sepiolite to smectite transformation in the Meigs-Attapulgas-Quincy District. 2001 Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts with Program.
Hammerly, E. and Rakovan, J. (2001) An Atomic Force Microscopy study of the palygorskite/sepiolite to smectite transformation. Annual Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Abstracts with Program, p. 30
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