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Table T1. Singular value decomposition normalization factors (from Underwood et al., 2003) used to calculate relative mineral abundances in clay-size aggregates (<2 µm size fraction).

<2 µm fraction Affected mineral standard mixture
Smectite Illite Chlorite Quartz
Influencing mineral:        
Smectite 3.7398559E−04 –2.8994615E−05 –3.4377535E−05 –7.4421238E−05
Illite 4.2720105E−05 1.2499784E−03 –2.836388E−05 3.3838456E−05
Chlorite –6.7662186E−05 –2.008419E−07 7.6974847E−04 5.240881E−05
Quartz 2.4368789E−03 9.2311541E−04 8.195109E−04 3.7061975E−03

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