Chemical weathering of metamorphic rocks from low elevations in the southern Himalaya

Chemical Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 161-176

  Gardner, Rita ^a   Walsh, Nick ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; CHEMICAL EROSION; CLAY MINERALOGY; GNEISS; WEATHERING;

NEPAL, HIMALAYAS, MIDDLE HILLS, LIKHU;

EID: 0029752758     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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