Laser oxygen isotope analysis of weathering goethite from the lateritic profile of Yaou, French Guiana: Paleoweathering and paleoclimatic implications

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-174

  Girard, Jean Pierre ^a   Razanadranorosoa, Doris ^a   Freyssinet, Philippe ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHITE; GOETHITE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; PALAEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS; WEATHERING;

FRENCH GUIANA, YAOU;

EID: 0030620702     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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