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Table T2. Mineralogy of Nankai silty claystone, Site C0011.

Mineralogy of whole rock (wt%) Mineralogy of clay minerals in clay-size fraction (<2 µm)
(relative wt%)
Quartz Plagioclase K-feldspar Calcite Pyrite Halite Muscovite Illite Smectite Kaolinite Chlorite Total Chlorite Kaolinite Illite Smectite I/S expandability
24 ± 3.0 11 ± 2.3 5 ± 1.7 1 ± 1.1 1 ± 1.0 0 ± 0.7 3 ± 1.4 6 ± 1.9 45 ± 3.8 1 ± 1.1 4 ± 1.6 101 3 1 11 85 80

I/S = illite/smectite.

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