Chemical weathering in glacial environments

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 399-402

  Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud ^a,b   Drever, James I ^a   Humphrey, Neil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MICA; POSITIVE IONS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SILICA;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL DENUDATION RATES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION RATES; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HIGH SURFACE AREA; CHEMICAL EROSION; DENUDATION RATES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; WATER DISCHARGES;

WEATHERING;

CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENUDATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER; CHEMICAL DENUDATION; GLACIAL EROSION; WATER FLUX; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 0030719406     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0399:CWIGE>2.3.CO     Document Type: Article

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