Introduction to Clay Minerals

Chemistry, origins, uses and environmental significance

Velde (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

1992 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-412-37030-4 (ISBN)

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Introduction to Clay Minerals is designed to give a detailed, concise and clear introduction to clay mineralogy. Using the information presented here, one should be able to understand clays and their mineralogy, their uses and importance in modern life.

1 The clay perspective.- 2 Tools.- 3 Clays as minerals.- 4 Origin of clays.- 5 Uses of clays.- 6 Clays in the environment.

In order to understand the methods, one must understand the basics of the structure and chemistry of a mineral; these are given in detail in the book. - International Society of Soil Science; Velde clearly moved to fill a major gap by producing a book designed to introduce clay mineralogy...There can be no doubt that he succeeded and he is to be warmly congratulated - Sedimentary Geology; Who should read this book? Everyone who is concerned about all the environmental changes and problems caused by man, who works in the natural or engineering sciences but has not yet occasion to become acquainted with this omnipresent, remarkable inorganic material which is closely connected with living matter - Applied Clay Science; At last, an easy to comprehend, authoritatively written, soft cover book on clays - Geoderma

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.1992
Zusatzinfo	118 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 198 p. 118 illus.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	0-412-37030-1 / 0412370301
ISBN-13	978-0-412-37030-4 / 9780412370304
Zustand	Neuware