Metamorphic decarbonation, silicate weathering and the long-term carbon cycle

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-276

  Bickle, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECARBONATION; DEGASSING; EPISODICITY; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALE; METAMORPHIC DECARBONATION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENESIS; SILICATE WEATHERING; WEATHERING;

EID: 0029958531     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00756.x     Document Type: Article

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