Weathering of ilmenite from granite and chlorite schist in the Georgia Piedmont

American Mineralogist

Volumn 87, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 1616-1625

  Schroeder, Paul A ^a   Le Golvan, John J ^a   Roden, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; GRANITE; HEMATITE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOILS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; INCONGRUENT DISSOLUTIONS; OXIDATION MECHANISMS; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS; TWO-STEP REACTION MECHANISMS; WEATHERING PROFILES;

ILMENITE;

CHLORITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GRANITE; ILMENITE; PEDOGENESIS; WEATHERING;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036874601     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2002-11-1211     Document Type: Article

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