Accretionary prisms are composed of initially saturated sediments caught in subduction
zone tectonism. As sediments deform, fluid pressures rise and fluid is expelled, resembling a …

For the safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste using Engineered Barrier Systems
(EBS), bentonite buffer is used by its high swelling capability and low hydraulic conductivity …

This book is about the most complete work on the subject of clay minerals thus far
conceived. Its scope is one of basics to general principles to use in real geologic situations …

Empirical relationships between clay mineral transformations and temperature provide a
basis for the use of clay minerals as geothermometers. Clay-mineral geothermometry has …

The smectite-to-illite conversion during shale diagenesis has recently been used to
constrain the estimate of a basin's thermal history. We have systematically investigated the …

It is our pleasure to present this large body of information and thoughts of many mineral
scientists which has accumulated over decades. Illite is a mineral that has been discovered …

This paper compares mechanisms of the reaction of smectite to illite, in light of structural
models for interstratified illite/smectite (I/S). The crystal structure of I/S has been described …

Many current concepts for the engineered barriers of high-level waste repositories include a
bentonite buffer or backfill which will be exposed to significantly raised temperatures for a …

The Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Group in the Piceance Basin, western Colorado,
contains thick sections of low porosity, low permeability sandstones that are reservoirs for …

CO2 is a common gas in geological systems so that planned storage of CO2 in the
subsurface may do no more than mimic nature. Natural CO2 has a wide number of sources …