- Modality
- NIR
- Category
- soil
- Material Type
- Intimate
- Sample ID
- H89-FR-2
- Collection Locality
- Paris Basin, France
- Spectral Purity
- 1b2b3b4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
- Composition / XRD
- None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
- Sample Description
- Kaolinite/smectite clays are produced as transitional phases as smectite weathers to kaolinite. This sample is from the Argiles Plastique Formation of the Paris Basin. This formation contains a paragenetic sequence from smectite to kaolinite. Hauff, P.L., F.A. Kruse, and Medard Thiry, 1990, Spectral identification and characterization of kaolinite/smectite clays in weathering environments. Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Remote Sensing Conference, Perth, Australia, pp. 898-905.
- XRD Analysis
- XRD was used to determine the percent kaolinite. In this case, the sample is 50% kaolinite. Hauff, P.L., F.A. Kruse, and Medard Thiry, 1990, Spectral identification and characterization of kaolinite/smectite clays in weathering environments. Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Remote Sensing Conference, Perth, Australia, pp. 898-905.
- X Units
- cm⁻¹
- Y Units
- Absorbance
- Data Points
- 2,126