Spheroidal weathering of Deccan Basalt: a three-mineral model

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3 Part 3, 1998, Pages 175-179

  Chatterjee, A ^a   Raymahashay, B C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAOLINITE; SPHEROIDAL WEATHERING;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; EXPANSION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNETITE; WEATHERING;

BASALT;

BASALT; WEATHERING;

EID: 0032143418     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1998.031.P3.02     Document Type: Article

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