Environmental characteristics of clay and claybased minerals

• Main Authors: Aboudi Mana, Suzanne Christine, Mohd Hanafiah, Marlia, Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Khan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Online 2017
• Subjects: QE Geology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/67048/1/Environmental%20characteristics%20of%20clay%20and%20clay%20based%20minerals%20aug%202017.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67048/; https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tgel20

Clay is an inherently occurring material constituted with fined-grained mineral. The minerals are generally less than 2 microns and occur to be plastic in water content which solidify when dried. In the earth surface, clay represents the most available mineral and forms rocks known as shale and is t...