Weathering rates of bedrock by lichens: A mini watershed study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 249-259

  Aghamiri, Rasoul ^a   Schwartzman, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare rock mini watershed; Chemical weathering; Cumulative flux ratio; Laboratory mini watershed; Lichen mini watershed; Lichens; Rate of denudation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DENUDATION; DISSOLUTION; LICHEN; PH; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036732735     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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