Geochemical evolution of a palaeolaterite: The Interbasaltic formation, Northern Ireland

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 65-84

  Hill, I G ^a   Worden, R H ^a   Meighan, I G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt weathering; Bauxite; Element mobility; Laterite; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BAUXITE; LATERITE; PALEOCLIMATE; TERTIARY; WEATHERING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034191923     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00179-5     Document Type: Article

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