Solid/liquid REE fractionation in the lateritic system of Goyoum, East Cameroon: The implication for the present dynamics of the soil covers of the humid tropical regions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-299

  Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Viers, Jérôme ^b   Dupré, Bernard ^b   Polve, Mireille ^b   Ndam, Jules ^a,c   Muller, Jean Pierre ^c,d  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LATERITE; SOIL; WEATHERING;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0031686438     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00344-X     Document Type: Article

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