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Sedentary kaolinitic soil on the carboniferous limestone series in anglesey
Author(s) -
Ball D. F.,
Mew G.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350060102
Subject(s) - carboniferous , geology , weathering , kaolinite , chlorite , illite , glacial period , geochemistry , pedogenesis , soil water , marl , clay minerals , geomorphology , paleontology , soil science , structural basin , quartz
A soil overlying Carboniferous calcarenites in Anglesey has a clay fraction dominantly of kaolinite in contrast to the illite‐chlorite assemblages generally characteristic of North Wales soils. From the mineralogy and field evidence this soil is interpreted as resulting from Late Glacial in situ weathering of the underlying rocks.