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On the Correlation of Expandability with Mineralogy and Layering in Mixed-Layer Clays

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Ransom, B., Helgeson, H.C. On the Correlation of Expandability with Mineralogy and Layering in Mixed-Layer Clays. Clays Clay Miner. 37, 189–191 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.1989.0370212

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