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Clay infillings




ID # 201

Clay infillings
From the Soil Micromorphology Slide Collection

STEM Standard addressed: ESS2E - Biogeology


Appropriate Grade Level(s)
  • College-level
Materials are best used for
  • Classroom Lectures
  • Laboratory Activities
General Course Areas
  • Soil Microbiology
Description
Notes: Distinctive crescentic laminations occur in some of the coatings. Marked black extinction bands are visible in cross polarized light.

Method
Data for 35-mm slide
Frame length: 1 mm
Light mode: Plane polarized (CT 1 1 ); cross polarized (CT 1 2)
Notes: Distinctive crescentic laminations occur in some of the coatings. Marked black extinction bands are visible in cross polarized light.

References
E. A. FitzPatrick. 1 984. Micromorphology of soils. Chapman and Hall, London. Color plate between p. 210-21 1 .
Source E. A. FitzPatrick

Slides CT11 and CT12. Soil Science Society of America, 1993. A Reference Slide Collection for Soil Micromorphology. SSSA, Madison, WI.

Peer Review: Yes

Credit this item to: SSSA
Media Date: 1993-01-01
Provided By: (SSSA) Soil Science Society of America


Author(s)/Creator(s)

  • * Soil Science Society of America
    SSSA

Submitted By: (SSSA) Soil Science Society of America


Keywords

  • Coatings
  • micromorphology
  • Clay infillings

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