Micropore surface area variation with grain size in unweathered alkali feldspars: Implications for surface roughness and dissolution studies

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 21-22, 1998, Pages 3429-3435

  Hodson, Mark Edward ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; DISSOLUTION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0032468997     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(98)00244-0     Document Type: Article

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