Study of andesite weathering in northern Taiwan using micromorphological approaches

Taiwan Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-269

  Asio, Victor B ^a   Chen, Zueng Sang ^b  

^a VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Andesite; Andisols; Ecology; Micromorphology; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; ANDESITE WEATHERINGS; ANDISOLS; LIMITED INFORMATION; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; MINERAL COMPONENT; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; WEATHERING PROCESS;

DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANGANESE; SILICATE MINERALS;

WEATHERING;

EID: 0041602884     PISSN: 10264469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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