Element geochemistry of weathering profile of dolomitite and its implications for the average chemical composition of the upper-continental crust -Case studies from the Xinpu profile, northern Guizhou Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-35

  Ji, Hongbing ^a   Ouyang, Ziyuan ^a   Wang, Shijie ^a   Zhou, Dequan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Average chemical composition of the upper continental crust; Dolomitite; Element geochemistry; Weathering profile

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DOLOMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; WEATHERING PROFILE;

CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; XINPU;

EID: 0034112484     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02877828     Document Type: Article

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