Five year measurements of rock tablet weathering on a forested hillslope in a humid temperate region

Engineering Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Matsukura, Y ^a   Hirose, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Rock tablet; Weathering; Weathering rates

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIMESTONE; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ANDESITE; GABBRO; GRANODIORITE; RHYOLITE; SCHIST; TUFF;

ROCKS;

FIELD METHOD; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IGNEOUS ROCK; LIMESTONE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 0034096627     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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