eco-friendly Marine Clays presents a comparative examine of 4 authigenic marine clays: the well known glaucony marine facies; the newly-identified sedimentary facies - verdine; the previous oolitic ironstone facies; and the celadonite-bearing facies.

The ebook demonstrates that the ocean backside performs host to various clay minerals particular to the marine atmosphere: ferric di-trioctahedral ``serpentine'', ferric chlorite, ferric smectite, ferric mica, ferric ``swelling chlorite'', all frequent in current oceans and all essentially shaped through crystal progress and recrystallization strategies in semi-confined marine microenvironments.

A certain characteristic of the ebook is the inclusion of the 1st exact research of the verdine facies characterised by means of quite a few authigenic eco-friendly clays, a few of that are new clay mineral species frequent in all tropical oceans. The celadonite-bearing facies has been studied intensively within the previous few years and new effects are received from deep sea samples and from land outcrops. the present wisdom is synthesized and reviewed compared to the glaucony facies. a brand new technique is followed within the description of the previous oolitic ironstone facies during which a comparability is made with the hot verdine facies.

The fabric is amply illustrated all through by means of 133 figures and fifty nine tables; 36 of the figures include plates displaying one hundred seventy chosen images bought at varied scales of remark together with the sector, binocular microscope, skinny sections, transmission electron miscroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, excessive answer transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction. a topic index completes the book.

The info offered the following may help geologists build a clearer photograph of environmental and depositional background of rocks. it's going to entice sedimentologists drawn to the strategies during which, and the surroundings within which, clay minerals shape. Clay mineralogists will locate a lot priceless info on quite a few iron wealthy minerals, and geochemists drawn to the iron within the sea and people operating with sedimentary iron ores also will enjoy the book.