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From: The variability of soils and vegetation of hydrothermal fields in the Valley of Geysers at Kamchatka Peninsula

Figure 5

SEM images of clay mass of moderately heated Andosols in the Valley of Geysers: (a) Non-oriented clay matrix from moderately heated Andosols. (b) Pseudohexagonal crystals of kaolinite. (c) Open microcracks in clay matrix. (d) Microaggregates with sheet-like curved shape, composed of kaolinite and kaolinite-smectite particles, which form the walls of open microcracks.

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