Promotion of chemical weathering by higher plants: Field observations on Hawaiian basalts

Chemical Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 71-77

  Cochran, M Ford ^a   Berner, Robert A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOCHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; LICHEN; STEREOCAULON VULCANI; VASCULAR PLANT; WEATHERING;

USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0030433236     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2541(96)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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