Chemical alteration of tephra in the depositional environment: Theoretical stability modelling

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-394

  Pollard, A M ^a   Blockley, S P E ^a   Ward, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical stability; Durability; Gibbs free energy of hydration; Glass; Leaching; NBO; Non bridging oxygen; O ratio; Si; Tephra; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DURABILITY; LEACHING; QUATERNARY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0043270544     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.760     Document Type: Article

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