Potentiality of chemical weathering under arid conditions of black shales from Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-199

  El Kammar, A M ^a   El Kammar Jr , M M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

black shale; chemical weathering; Egypt; Illitization; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; SHALE; WEATHERING;

EGYPT;

EID: 0030153458     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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