Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Chah-Shur clay deposit, Southeast of Isfahan, Iran

Subject Areas : Mineralogy

Mahnaz Khodami ¹ , Afsaneh Kamali Shervedani ²

1 - Department of Geology, Yazd University, Iran
2 - Department Of Natural Resources, Shahrekord University, Iran

Received: 2017-01-01 Accepted : 2017-10-04 Published : 2018-10-01

Keywords: Chah-Shur, Urumieh-Dokhtar, Iran, Mixed type Clay deposit, Kaolinite,

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