Pseudomorphic replacement versus dilation in laterites: Petrographic evidence, mechanisms, and consequences for modelling

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 217-225

  Nahon, Daniel ^a   Merino, Enrique ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low temperature geochemistry; Mineralogy; Petrology of laterites

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN GROWTH; MASS TRANSFER; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; WEATHERING; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

CONSTANT BULK VOLUME FRAMEWORK; LATERITES DILATION; PSEUDOMORPHIC REPLACEMENT; SAPROLITIC PROFILE;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

DILATION; LATERITE; MASS TRANSFER; PETROGRAPHY; PSEUDOMORPH; WEATHERING;

EID: 0030442009     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(96)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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