Grain Size Analysis and Clay Mineral Associations in Bottom Sediments From Paraná River Basin

Three different clay mineral assemblages are detected in mud-sandy bottom sediments of the Paraná Basin of Argentina. A dominant Kaolinite association, with sources areas in the Upper Amazon, north-east of the study area and within the Brazilian Shield (also with subordinated crystalline Illite); an...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Manassero, Cecilia Camilión, Daniel Poiré, Mario Da Silva, Alicia Ronco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología
Series:Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-49792008000200004&lng=en&tlng=en