Desertification is the reduction of ecologic and biologic on the earth surface, which might happen naturally or unnaturally (human). In this research, the TM and ETM images were used to study changes occurred in sand dunes during last 11 years and for determining the type of clay minerals. For evaluation of changes, maximum likelihood image classification and LMM, methods are carried out. Accor...

Contents of total mercury, organic carbon, total sulfur, iron, aluminum and grain size and clay mineralogy were used along with Pearson's correlation and Hg thermal desorption technique to investigate the presence, distribution and binding behavior of Hg in soils from three depths from the Tripuí Ecological Station, located near Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The soils studied had pred...

introduction: minerals are one of the main components of soils which play different roles in the soils. minerals make up about 50% of the volume of most soils. they provide physical support for plants, and create the water- and air-filled pores that make plant growth possible. mineral weathering releases plant nutrients which are retained by other minerals through adsorption, cation exchange, a...

The clay mineralogy and surface charge characteristics of four basaltic soils from Western Samoa have been studied. The soils contained subordinate to dominant amounts of poorly ordered allophanic material in addition to varying amounts of crystalline free iron oxide minerals. Infrared studies revealed the presence of trace to subordinate amounts of kaolin minerals in all the soils. The surface...

The coastal area of the Ma river delta is formed by interaction continental and marine processes, between neo-tectonic activities exogenous natural factors human during Late Holocene. Using remote sensing geoscience research methods (granulometry, paleontology, geochemistry, clay mineralogy) geomorphological studies (geneses, morphology, dynamics) combined with field survey, this area, except d...

Clay minerals are the signature of hydrothermal alterations related to fluid circulation in volcanic and crystalline rocks. In French part Upper Rhine Graben, deep-seated granites, illitic (illite I/S mixed layers (ml)) typical products structurally-controlled argillic alteration Paleozoic granitic basement. new Illkirch geothermal well, GIL-1, drill-cuttings were studied with various petrograp...