Present denudation rates on the island of réunion determined by river geochemistry: Basalt weathering and mass budget between chemical and mechanical erosions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3645-3669

  Louvat, Pascale ^a   Allègre, Claude Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION RATES; EROSION; RIVER GEOCHEMISTRY;

REUNION;

EID: 0031396974     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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