Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-309-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-309-2024
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24 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 24 Oct 2024

Development of an integrated analytical platform for clay mineral separation, characterization and K–Ar dating

Marie Gerardin, Gaétan Milesi, Julien Mercadier, Michel Cathelineau, and Danièle Bartier

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Clay minerals are helpful markers of low-temperature geological processes. The combination of their characterization with geochronology is a powerful tool to constrain physical and chemical processes, improving our understanding of the evolution of the Earth system. This paper aims to present the platform along with the associated methods developed at the GeoRessources laboratory (University of Lorraine) to separate and characterize clay minerals and date illites using the K–Ar method.