Weathering: Cyclical or continuous? An Australian perspective

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Taylor, G ^a   Shirtliff, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Time of weathering; Weathering; Weathering cycle

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; WEATHERING PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037300693     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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