Sources of strontium and calcium in desert soil and calcrete

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-72

  Capo, Rosemary C ^a   Chadwick, Oliver A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Deserts; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Soils; Strontium; Weathering; Wind transport

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCRETE; DESERT SOIL; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM;

EID: 0033618035     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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