Chemical weathering in a tropical watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: I. Long-term versus short-term weathering fluxes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-226

  White, Art F ^a   Blum, Alex E ^a,b   Schulz, Marjorie S ^a   Vivit, Davison V ^a   Stonestrom, David A ^a   Larsen, Matthew ^b   Murphy, Sheila F ^c,d   Eberl, D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MFG Incorporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; TROPICAL WATERSHED;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0031692990     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00335-9     Document Type: Article

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