Kaolinite and gibbsite weathering of biotite within saprolites and soils of central Virginia

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1118-1129

  Jolicoeur, Serge ^a,b   Ildefonse, Philippe ^c   Bouchard, Mireille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ROCK; SAPROLITE; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLIN; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GIBBSITE; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BIOTITE; GNEISS; MINERALOGY; MYLONITE; SAPROLITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034194750     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2000.6431118x     Document Type: Article

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