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Laurence N. Warr is affiliated with the University of Greifswald in Germany. Their research focuses on various aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, materials science, and engineering, particularly within the fields of clay minerals, geological analysis, and material chemistry. Their work intersects several subfields including civil and structural engineering, biomaterials, geophysics, and geochemistry.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to mineralogy and clay minerals. Notable papers include:

  • IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols, 2021, Mineralogical Magazine
  • Earth's clay mineral inventory and its climate interaction: A quantitative assessment, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Recommended abbreviations for the names of clay minerals and associated phases, 2020, Clay Minerals

Laurence N. Warr frequently publishes in journals such as Applied Clay Science, Minerals, Clay Minerals, Clays and Clay Minerals, and Mineralogical Magazine. The largest number of their publications appear in Applied Clay Science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their research spans multiple detailed subfields such as:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

Key topics covered in their work involve:

  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Georg Grathoff
  • Markus Peltz
  • Carolin Podlech
  • Ritwick Sudheer Kumar
  • Balu R. Thombare

Best Publications

  • IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols

    Laurence N. Warr

  • Interlaboratory standardization and calibration of day mineral crystallinity and crystallite size data

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  • Nanocoatings of clay and creep of the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, California

    A.M. Schleicher;B.A. van der Pluijm;L.N. Warr

  • Clay mineral transformations and weakening mechanisms along the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    Laurence N. Warr;Simon Cox

  • THE RATE AND MECHANISM OF DEEP-SEA GLAUCONITE FORMATION AT THE IVORY COAST–GHANA MARGINAL RIDGE

    Andre Baldermann;Andre Baldermann;Laurence N. Warr;Georg H. Grathoff;Martin Dietzel

  • Substantial iron sequestration during green-clay authigenesis in modern deep-sea sediments

    Andre Baldermann;L.N. Warr;Ilse Letofsky-Papst;Vasileios Mavromatis

  • Recommendations for Kübler Index standardization

    L. N. Warr;R. Ferreiro Mählmann

  • Clay mineral-enhanced bioremediation of marine oil pollution.

    Laurence N. Warr;Julia N. Perdrial;Marie-Claire Lett;Audrey Heinrich-Salmeron

  • The illite ‘crystallinity’technique: a critical appraisal of its precision

    D. Robinson;L. N. Warr;R. E. Bevins

  • Chlorite-smectite clay minerals and fault behavior: New evidence from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) core

    A.M. Schleicher;B.A. van der Pluijm;L.N. Warr

  • Origin and significance of clay‐coated fractures in mudrock fragments of the SAFOD borehole (Parkfield, California)

    Anja M. Schleicher;Anja M. Schleicher;Ben A. van der Pluijm;John G. Solum;Laurence N. Warr

  • Interaction between smectite and bacteria: Implications for bentonite as backfill material in the disposal of nuclear waste

    Julia N. Perdrial;Laurence N. Warr;Nicolas Perdrial;Marie-Claire Lett

  • Influence of phyllosilicate mineral assemblages, fabrics, and fluids on the behavior of the Punchbowl fault, southern California

    John G. Solum;Ben A. van der Pluijm;Donald R. Peacor;Laurence N. Warr

  • Variscan very low‐grade metamorphism in southwest England: a diastathermal and thrust‐related origin

    L. N. Warr;T. J. Primmer;D. Robinson

  • Hydration of bentonite in natural waters: Application of "confined volume" wet-cell X-ray diffractometry

    Laurence Warr;Julia Berger

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  • The role of Fe on the formation and diagenesis of interstratified glauconite-smectite and illite-smectite: A case study of Upper Cretaceous shallow-water carbonates

    Andre Baldermann;Martin Dietzel;Vasileios Mavromatis;Vasileios Mavromatis;Florian Mittermayr

  • The importance of specific surface area in the geopolymerization of heated illitic clay

    Jan Dietel;Laurence N. Warr;Marko Bertmer;Annett Steudel

  • Constraints on mineralization, fluid-rock interaction, and mass transfer during faulting at 2―3 km depth from the SAFOD drill hole

    Anja M. Schleicher;Anja M. Schleicher;Sara N. Tourscher;Ben A. van der Pluijm;Laurence N. Warr

  • Episodic mineralization of hydrothermal illite in the Soultz-sous-Forêts granite (Upper Rhine Graben, France).

    Anja Maria Schleicher;Laurence N. Warr;Bernd Kober;Emmanuel Laverret

  • Synthesis of Hydroxy-Sodalite/Cancrinite Zeolites from Calcite-Bearing Kaolin for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions in Aqueous Media

    Muayad Esaifan;Laurence N. Warr;Georg Grathoff;Tammo Meyer

  • Crystallite thickness and defect density of phyllosilicates in low-temperature metamorphic pelites; a TEM and XRD study of clay-mineral crystallinity-index standards

    Laurence N. Warr;F. Nieto

  • Thrust-related very low grade metamorphism in the marginal part of an orogenic wedge, Scandinavian Caledonides

    Laurence N. Warr;Reinhard O. Greiling;Ebbe Zachrisson

  • On the origin of mixed-layered clay minerals from the San Andreas Fault at 2.5–3 km vertical depth (SAFOD drillhole at Parkfield, California)

    A. M. Schleicher;A. M. Schleicher;L. N. Warr;B. A. van der Pluijm

  • Standardized clay mineral crystallinity data from the very low-grade metamorphic facies rocks of southern New Zealand

    Laurence N. Warr

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben A. van der Pluijm
Ben A. van der Pluijm University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vasileios Mavromatis
Vasileios Mavromatis Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Donald R. Peacor
Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Martin Dietzel
Martin Dietzel Graz University of Technology
Klaus Wemmer
Klaus Wemmer University of Göttingen
Brett M. Carpenter
Brett M. Carpenter University of Oklahoma
Chris Marone
Chris Marone Pennsylvania State University
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Chris M. Hall
Chris M. Hall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Philipp Blum
Philipp Blum Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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