Chemical weathering of a soil chronosequence on granitoid alluvium: II. Mineralogic and isotopic constraints on the behavior of strontium

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-306

  Bullen, Thomas ^a   White, Arthur ^a   Blum, Alex ^a   Harden, Jennifer ^a   Schulz, Marjorie ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STRONTIUM;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0030745095     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00344-4     Document Type: Article

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