Illite and smectite both consist of aluminosilicate layers alternating with interlayers. In illite the charge of non-exchangeable interlayer cations is balanced by a greater net negative charge on the ...

Geologists from MIT have identified smectite, a clay mineral with the unique ability to capture and store carbon for millions of years, potentially cooling Earth's climate. Found within seafloor ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- A clay mineral known as smectite could hold a substantial portion of the water missing from Mars, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York ...

Rivers discharge a constant supply of sediment into the world's oceans. This sediment is largely composed of various clay minerals - the products of rock weathering - and organic compounds of plant ...