K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of weathering processes

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue , 1999, Pages 183-229

  Vasconcelos, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alunite; Jarosite; Landscape evolution; Mn oxides; Paleoclimates

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 0033376678     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.27.1.183     Document Type: Article

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