Publication Date:
1959-08-01
Description:
The clay mineralogy of surface samples from three soils on Vancouver Island which had been used in fertility experiments was determined by X-ray diffraction. Chlorite was identified as the predominant mineral in all three soils. Vermiculite was present in discrete units in the Chemainus soil and interstratified with chlorite in the Fairbridge and Merville soils. Kaolinite may also have been a constituent; this could not be determined since the use of certain criteria, proposed in the past for the identification of kaolinite in the presence of chlorite, proved unsuccessful. It was concluded that no universal criterion, which holds true in all cases, exists for distinguishing kaolinite in the presence of chlorite.
Print ISSN:
0008-4271
Electronic ISSN:
1918-1841
Topics:
Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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