| Crystal Structure - Species - Crystallisation | p. 1 |
| The Crystal Structure of Clay Minerals | p. 1 |
| The Elementary Structure Level: the Layer | p. 2 |
| Crystal - Particle - Aggregate | p. 19 |
| Identification Keys for Simple and Mixed-Layer Species of Clay Minerals | p. 32 |
| Nucleation and Crystal Growth: Principles | p. 35 |
| Basics | p. 35 |
| Nucleation and the First Growth Stages of Clay Minerals | p. 42 |
| Growth of Clay Minerals | p. 47 |
| Ripening Process | p. 52 |
| Growth of Mixed Crystals and Particles | p. 57 |
| Crystal Chemistry of Clay Minerals | p. 61 |
| Solid Solutions | p. 61 |
| Introduction | p. 61 |
| The concept of Solid Solution Applied to Phyllosilicates | p. 63 |
| Experimental Study of Solid Solutions | p. 78 |
| Solid Solutions in Nature | p. 82 |
| Mixed Layered Minerals | p. 92 |
| Introduction | p. 92 |
| Crystallochemistry of Mixed-Layer Minerals | p. 93 |
| Composition of the Most Common Mixed-Layer Minerals | p. 98 |
| Energy Balances: Thermodynamics - Kinetics | p. 107 |
| Thermodynamics of Equilibrium | p. 107 |
| Introduction | p. 107 |
| Free Energy of Formation of Clay Minerals | p. 108 |
| Equilibria Between Simple Minerals Without Solid Solutions | p. 118 |
| Equilibria Between Solid Solutions | p. 127 |
| Qualitative Construction of Phase Diagrams | p. 133 |
| Kinetics of Mineral Reactions | p. 141 |
| Introduction | p. 141 |
| Fundamental Laws of Kinetics | p. 143 |
| Kinetics of the Montmorillonite to Illite Reaction | p. 149 |
| Isotopic Composition of Clay Minerals | p. 153 |
| Stable Isotopes | p. 153 |
| Isotopic Fractionation | p. 154 |
| Water - Clay Mineral Interactions | p. 161 |
| The isotopic Composition of Clays of the Weathering - Sedimentation Cycle | p. 165 |
| Isotopic Composition of Clays Under Diagenetic Conditions | p. 170 |
| Isotopic Composition of Clays in Active Geothermal Systems | p. 175 |
| Radioactive Isotopes | p. 178 |
| Datation Principle: Closed System | p. 178 |
| Disturbances Due to the Opening of the System | p. 182 |
| Mixtures of Phases | p. 185 |
| Datation and Crystal Growth | p. 186 |
| Surface Properties - Behaviour Rules - Microtextures | p. 191 |
| Chemical Properties | p. 191 |
| Structure of Clay Minerals at Various Scales | p. 192 |
| The Different States of Water in Clay Materials | p. 196 |
| Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) | p. 207 |
| Anion Exchange Capacity (AEC) | p. 212 |
| Layer Charge and CEC | p. 213 |
| Physical Properties | p. 215 |
| Specific Surface | p. 215 |
| Surface Electric Charge Density | p. 219 |
| Rheological and Mechanical Properties | p. 224 |
| Clays in Soils and Weathered Rocks | p. 231 |
| Atmospheric and Seawater Weathering | p. 231 |
| Introduction | p. 231 |
| Mechanisms of Formation of Clay Minerals | p. 232 |
| Weathered Rocks | p. 245 |
| Soils | p. 273 |
| Clays in Soils | p. 273 |
| Soils in Cold or Temperate Climates | p. 282 |
| Soils in Tropical Climate | p. 284 |
| Soils in Arid or Semi-Arid Climates | p. 289 |
| Soils on Volcanoclastic Rocks | p. 291 |
| Clays in Sedimentary Environments | p. 295 |
| Mineral Inheritance | p. 295 |
| Transport and Deposit | p. 295 |
| Detrital Signature in Marine Sediments | p. 303 |
| Neogenesis | p. 307 |
| Magnesian Clays: Sepiolite, Palygorskite, Stevensite, Saponite | p. 307 |
| Dioctahedral Smectites | p. 312 |
| Ferric Illite and Glauconite | p. 320 |
| Berthierine, Odinite and Chamosite (Verdine and Oolitic Ironstone Facies) | p. 325 |
| Diagenesis and Very Low-Grade Metamorphism | p. 329 |
| Sedimentary Series | p. 329 |
| Parameters of Diagenesis | p. 330 |
| Smectite to Illite Transformation in Clay Sediments | p. 338 |
| Transformations of Other Clay Minerals | p. 354 |
| From Diagenesis to Very Low-Grade Metamorphism | p. 361 |
| Volcanic Rocks | p. 365 |
| Diagenesis of Ash and Vitreous Rock Deposits | p. 366 |
| Diagenesis - Very Low-Grade Metamorphism of Basalts | p. 369 |
| Di- and Trioctahedral Mixed-Layer Minerals | p. 372 |
| Hydrothermal Process - Thermal Metamorphism | p. 379 |
| Fossil and Present-Day Geothermal Fields | p. 379 |
| Geological and Dynamic Structure of Geothermal Fields | p. 380 |
| Precipitation and Reaction of Clays in Geothermal Fields | p. 390 |
| Acid Hydrothermal Systems | p. 394 |
| Geothermal Systems with Seawater (Alkaline Type) | p. 399 |
| Small-Sized Hydrothermal Systems | p. 404 |
| Thermal Metamorphism of Clay Formations | p. 406 |
| Hydrothermal Veins | p. 410 |
| Clays Under Extreme Conditions | p. 417 |
| Experimental Conditions | p. 417 |
| High-Temperature and High-Pressure Clays | p. 417 |
| Clays Under Extreme Chemical Conditions | p. 420 |
| Clays Under Irradiation Conditions | p. 423 |
| Natural Environments | p. 423 |
| High Temperatures: Post-Magmatic Crystallisation | p. 424 |
| High Pressures: Subduction Zones | p. 426 |
| Metamorphism: Retrograde Path | p. 428 |
| Very Low Pressures: Extraterrestrial Objects | p. 429 |
| Clays and the Origin of Life | p. 430 |
| References | p. 433 |
| Index | p. 467 |
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