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Geological and environmental management of ceramic clay quarries: a review

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This paper shows a contribution to the knowledge of the geological management of ceramic raw material. We have mainly focussed on the clays with a ceramic interest. The article begins with an introduction to the mineralogical determining factor of the ceramic sector. Then, it shows a development of the main steps that take place in the geological prospecting and it concludes with the criteria that must be followed when selecting the outcrops: geographical and environmental conditions, (1) legislation, (2) market and technology, (3) mineralogical and technological characterisation and (4) geological and mining characterisation.

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  1. Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Universidad Jaume I, Campus de Riu Sec s/n, 12080, Castellon de la Plana, Castellón, Spain

    T. Sanfeliu

  2. Departamento de Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avda. El Ferrocarril s/n, 03202, Elche, Alicante, Spain

    M. M. Jordán

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Sanfeliu, T., Jordán, M.M. Geological and environmental management of ceramic clay quarries: a review. Environ Geol 57, 1613–1618 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-008-1436-4

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