Essene and Peacor (1995 = " E P " ) published a general review of clay mineral thermometry, the stability of clay minerals and the relevance to natural clay mineral assemblages. Some of the conclusions in that paper have been criticized by Aja and Rosenberg (1996 = "AR") . Our paper dealt with some issues about which there has been healthy (and sometimes highly charged) debate. Such dialogue no...

During the last decades eco-friendly, low-cost, sustainable construction materials for utilization in civil engineering projects have attracted much attention. To this end, soilcretes are non-conventional construction materials produced by mixing natural soil such as natural clay or limestone sand with a hydraulic binder and are recently under detailed and in-depth investigation by many researc...

Fairy chimneys formed within the Cappadocian tuft are important landforms. Some of them were dwelled in the past and contain valuable wall paintings. However, the tuff is chemically and physically deteriorated due to atmospheric effects. the chemical weathering of the volcanic glass of the tuft produces smectite-type clay mineral. Assessment of the clay content of the weathered zones developed ...

The Delmarva Peninsula is located on the East Coast of the United States, between the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Industrial farming in the Delmarva Peninsula leads to levels of nutrients, in particular nitrogen, which grossly exceed natural levels. Excess nitrogen reaches the freshwater streams of the peninsula, which then flows to the Chesapeake Bay. The presence of extreme levels of n...

Widespread antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens is providing the impetus to explore novel sources of antimicrobial agents. Recently, the potent antibacterial activity of certain clay minerals has stimulated scientific interest in these materials. One such example is Kisameet glacial clay (KC), an antibacterial clay from a deposit on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada. Howe...

Sandstone formations are ubiquitous in both aquifers and petroleum reservoirs, of which clay is a major constituent. The release of clay particles from pore surfaces as a result of reduced injection fluid salinity can greatly modify the recovery of hydrocarbons from subsurface formations by shifting the wettability properties of the rock. In this paper we demonstrate a microfluidic approach whe...

The trend of using natural fibers in geotechnical engineering has become great interest to improve weak soils due some its advantages such as local availability, environmental friendliness, and lower cost. In this study, a set unconfined compression strength direct shear tests were conducted evaluate the performance Al-Nasiriya clayey soil reinforced with fibers. Three different types investiga...

Polymeric nanocomposites based on polyethylene (PE) and Brazilian natural montmorillonite clay (MN) were obtained by melt processing, using a twin-screw extruder. The main objective of this work is focusing on the characterization of composites materials by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The solid-state NMR measurements were used to observe both polymer matrix (through carbon-13 ...

Clay slurries are both ubiquitous and essential in the oil exploration industry, most commonly employed as drilling fluids. Due to its natural abundance, bentonite clay is often the...