Techniques for measuring rock weathering: Application to a dated fan segment sequence in southern Tunisia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1031-1043

  White, Kevin ^a   Bryant, Rob ^b   Drake, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Drylands; Rock weathering; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WEATHERING;

TUNISIA;

EID: 0032467494     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(1998110)23:11<1031::AID-ESP919>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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