Paleomagnetism applied to lateritic profiles to assess saprolite and duricrust formation processes: The example of Mont Baduel profile (French Guiana)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-231

  Theveniaut H ^a   Freyssinet, Ph ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Bauxite; French Guiana; Laterite; Paleomagnetism; Saprolite

Indexed keywords

DURICRUST; LATERITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SAPROLITE;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0344457316     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00183-7     Document Type: Article

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