Clay Minerals: From Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Indicators to Industrial Raw Materials
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 783
Special Issue Editors
Interests: clay minerals from a geological and industrial point of view; clay minerals and their isotopic composition as palaeolcimatic indicators; clay minerals as raw materials in the refractory industry
Interests: clay minerals from a geological point of view; crystal-chemistry of clay minerals; VNIR- SWIR spectroscopy of clay minerals; physical-chemical properties of clay minerals
Interests: low-grade metamorphism in clastic materials, crystalchemical and textural characterization of shales by high resolution techniques (HRTEM, SEM); phyllosilicate changes in low-T environments; mineralogical and geochemical characterization of ferruginous materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Clays and clay minerals constitute important mineral resources from both scientific and industrial perspectives. The genesis of clay minerals take place when low-temperature aqueous solutions interact with rocks on the Earth’s surface. Certain factors such as the environment, the temperature, the amount of water available, or the type of weathered rock determine the clay minerals formed. Therefore, clay minerals can provide information about the paleoclimate or paleoenvironment under which they were formed. On the other hand, clays are also materials of great industrial and economic interest. Currently, clays are used in many types of industries since they constitute important components used in the manufacturing of many products, such as plastics, paper, cement, absorbent materials, ceramic and refractory materials, among others. The physical and chemical characterization of different clays (e.g., kaolin, smectites, fibrous clays) is of great interest since their industrial applications are closely related to their structure and composition. We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Minerals entitled “Clay Minerals: From Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Indicators to Industrial Raw Materials”.
Dr. Elisa Laita
Dr. Javier García-Rivas
Dr. Isabel Abad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- paleoclimate
- paleoenvironment
- weathering
- industrial clays
- kaolin
- fibrous clays
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