Weathering of granodioritic crust, long-term storage of elements in weathering profiles, and petrogenesis of siliciclastic sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1653-1670

  Nesbitt, H Wayne ^a   Markovics, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANODIORITE; PETROGENESIS; SILICLASTIC SEDIMENT; WEATHERING PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030779890     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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