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Benson and his colleagues studied samples of both smectite and illite drilled from the ground throughout the caldera.
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Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023
In 2018, Wallace co-led an offshore drilling expedition to Hikurangi, which pulled up a lot of clay sediments rich in the mineral smectite, often used by the oil and gas industry as a lubricant in drilling muds.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 21 June 2023
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Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023
In 2018, Wallace co-led an offshore drilling expedition to Hikurangi, which pulled up a lot of clay sediments rich in the mineral smectite, often used by the oil and gas industry as a lubricant in drilling muds.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 21 June 2023
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“Smectite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smectite. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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