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Microdrilling in thin section: a useful method for the identification of clay minerals in situ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

D. Beaufort
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Petrologie, Université de Poitiers 40, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
P. Dudoignon
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Petrologie, Université de Poitiers 40, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
D. Proust
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Petrologie, Université de Poitiers 40, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
J. C. Parneix
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Petrologie, Université de Poitiers 40, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
A. Meunier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Petrologie, Université de Poitiers 40, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1983

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