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Definition of Smectites
1. smectite [n] - See also: smectite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smectites
Literary usage of Smectites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"6180 - 6D measurements show that these minerals have been equilibrated in the GB
floodplain. Sr-bearing phases include smectites and ..."
2. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"... containing interlayer water such as the smectites. This is found in both the
frictional strength as well as in the mechanical behavior of samples that ..."
3. Industrial Minerals, Today and Tomorrow: The Raw Materials to Build the edited by G. B. Sidder (1993)
"Thus, illite and the smectites cause high gamma readings compared to other
weathering products. In Minnesota, the upper parts of the residuum have low gamma ..."
4. Soil Physics and Rice by International Rice Research Institute (1985)
"... the tetrahedral sheets, or of Mg, K, or Fe(II) for A1 in the octahedral sheet
causes the permanent charge. Swelling clay minerals or smectites such as ..."
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