Clays, muds, and shales

摘要: I. Background. Nomenclature. II. Structure and Composition. Kaolin. Serpentine. Illite. Phengite. Smectite. Mixed-layer illite/smectite (I/S). Chlorite chloritics. Vermiculite. Glauconite, celadonite. Talc, kerolite. Sepiolite, palygorskite. III. Soils Weathering. Soil formation. Climate (and other factors). Chemical weathering processes. Pedogenic formation of physils. IV. Continental Transport Deposition. Rivers. Estuaries. Marshes tidal flats. Deltas. Lakes. V. Marine Water transport. Atmospheric Ice Distribution physils in the oceans. VI. "Authigenic Marine" Physils. Exchange reactions. Physil dissolution precipitation. Formation from marine volcanics. Physils that grow shallow marine, brackish, evaporitic environments. VII. Diagenesis Metamorphism. Diagenesis. Beyond diagenesis. Organic physil paleothermometers. VIII. Sandstones. Introduction. Examples. IX. Evolution Continents. Precambrian. Early Paleozoic. Cambrian. Ordovician. Silurian. Devonian. Carboniferous. Permian. Triassic. Jurassic. Cretaceous. Cenozoic. Pleistocene. Paleoatlantic. X. Lithification Petrology. Compaction. Sedimentary structures. Color. Thin sections. References. Author Index. Subject