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Table T1. Matrix of normalization factors used to calculate relative mineral abundances in clay-size aggregates, derived from singular value decomposition.

Influencing
mineral
Target mineral in standard mixture
Smectite
Illite
Chlorite
Quartz
Set 1: University of Missouri      
Smectite 0.0003739856 –0.0000289946 –0.0000343775 –0.0000744212
Illite 0.0000427201 0.0012499784 –0.0000283639 0.0000338385
Chlorite –0.0000676622 –0.0000002008 0.0007697485 0.0000524088
Quartz 0.0024368789 0.0009231154 0.0008195109 0.0037061975
Set 2: University of Missouri      
Smectite 0.0003906885 –0.0000299673 –0.0000144669 –0.0000616869
Illite –0.0001143631 0.0011302975 0.0000131880 0.0000447713
Chlorite –0.0001578547 –0.0000114816 0.0006907853 0.0000047565
Quartz 0.0037122953 0.0014025429 0.0005607141 0.0043742270
Set 3: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources      
Smectite 0.0007447529 –0.0000319536 –0.0000750672 –0.0001566192
Illite 0.0000631147 0.0037866938 0.0000842230 0.0001176929
Chlorite –0.0003563606 –0.0000673781 0.0025121504 0.0000522907
Quartz 0.0093573136 0.0036491468 0.0032755411 0.0148256450

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