Geochemistry and mineralogy of the 2.45 Ga Pronto paleosols, Ontario, Canada

Chemical Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 21-44

  Nedachi, Yoko ^a   Nedachi, Munetomo ^b   Bennett, Gerald ^c   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^d  

^a Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Granite; Oxygen; Paleosol; Weathering

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PALEOSOL; PROTEROZOIC; WEATHERING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10844232936     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.08.026     Document Type: Article

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