MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SOILS OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES
[摘要] Themineralogyoftheclayandcoarsesiltfractionsof31Maritimesoilswithafewexceptionsshowedclosesimilarities.Thepredominantclaymineralwasilliteanditwasassociatedwithchlorite,vermiculiteandkaolinite.Significantamountsofmontmorilloniteoccurredinonlyonesoil,theTruro.Vermiculiteappearedinallthesurfacesoilclays,andmixed-layerassemblagesofvarious2:1layersilicates,includingchloriticcomponents,werepresentinmanyoftheclays.ThesiltfractionsoftheNovaScotiaandNewBrunswicksoilscontainedsubstantialamountsofalbite-typeplagioclasefeldsparinadditiontoquartz,chloriteandmica.ThePrinceEdwardIslandsoils,excepttheQueens,differedinthattheycontainedsmallamountsofavarietyoffeldspars.
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