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Palygorskite in the recent fluvio-lacustrine and deltaic sediments of southern Mesopotamia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

A. A. M. Aqrawi
A. A. M. Aqrawi*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, UK
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Palygorskite has been widely reported as a clay phase in the Recent sediments of the northern Arabian Gulf (e.g. Aqrawi & Sadooni, 1988). It is usually thought to have originated from the sediments and soils of the Mesopotamian flood plains introduced by northwesterly (Shamal) winds (e.g. A1-Bakri et al., 1984). A1-Rawi et al. (1969) and Eswaran & Barzanji (1974) have detected palygorskite within Mesopotamian soils. This paper describes the occurrence of palygorskite in the Recent sediments of southern Mesopotamia and its possible origins will be discussed.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 153 - 159
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1993

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