Mud and mudstone classification
A series on clay and clay mineralogy – clay crystallography, identification, diagenesis, mudstone classification, and deposition. “… the study of […]
How to do things, Under the microscope
Under the microscope
Groundwater - geofluids, How to do things, Under the microscope
Clay dewatering; smectite dehydration
A series on clay minerals – their crystal chemistry, identification, formation, diagenesis It has long been recognized that mudrock compaction
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Promoting burial diagenesis
The transformation of soft sediment to hammer-ringing rock is driven by physical and chemical diagenesis during burial. Diagenesis of sediment
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Clays produced by weathering
A series on clay minerals – their crystal chemistry, identification, formation Weathering of sediment and rock at Earth’s surface is
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Identification of clay minerals
A series on clay minerals – their crystal chemistry, identification, formation Sedimentary clays are tiny. The Udden-Wentworth upper grain-size limit
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Mineralogy of the common clays
A series on clay minerals – their crystal chemistry, identification, formation Clays are a ubiquitous component of nearly all siliciclastic,
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The crystallography of clays
A series on clay minerals – their crystal chemistry, identification, formation Clays belong to the phyllosilicate group of minerals, that
Atlas of sediments & sedimentary structures, How to do things, Under the microscope
Atlas of cool-water carbonate petrology
This is the companion Atlas to the Cool-water carbonates – outcrop images. New Zealand cool-water carbonates are predominantly bioclastic, consisting
Miller indices in crystallography
Miller, and Miller-Bravais indices are the standard where every face on a crystal is given a unique description. Crystals are
A geological life
Preview (opens in a new tab) Not really a CV, more a precis 1969 and about to begin a BSc