The change in colour, mineralogical and chemical properties of sandstone gravel due to weathering during 350,000 years

Chikei/Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-42

  Nishiyamaand, Ken Ichi ^a   Matsukura, Yukinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colour index; Fluvial terrace; Sandstone; Weathering; Weathering rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011098858     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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