Chemical weathering of basalts, southwest Iceland: Effect of rock crystallinity and secondary minerals on chemical fluxes to the ocean

American Journal of Science

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 513-556

  Stefánsson, Andri ^a,b   Gíslason, Sigurdur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0035601789     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.301.6.513     Document Type: Article

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