Variations in sub-tropical deep weathering profiles over the Kowloon Granite, Hong Kong

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1077-1085

  Shaw, R ^a  

^a Hong Kong Geological Survey   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Granites; Hong Kong; Magnetic susceptibility; Sub tropical environment; Weathering

Indexed keywords

GRANITES; SUB-TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

CHINA;

EID: 0031396553     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.6.1077     Document Type: Article

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