Weathering of granitic rocks in the Alps: Preliminary results from orthogneiss associated with the Randa rockfall (Matter Valley, Valais, Switzerland)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Girod, François ^a   Thélin, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Orthogneiss; Randa; Rockfall; Sem images; Smectite; Switzerland; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ORTHOGNEISS; ROCKFALL; WEATHERING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031852266     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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