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The occurrence of spherical morphology as evidence for changing conditions during the genesis of a sepiolite deposit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

A. U. Gehring ,
P. Keller ,
B. Frey  and
J. Luster
A. U. Gehring
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL/ETH, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
P. Keller
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL/ETH, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland Departemento de Geofísica y Meteorología, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
B. Frey
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL/ETH, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
J. Luster
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL/ETH, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Clay Minerals , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 83 - 86
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1995

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