Sharp decrease in long-term chemical weathering rates along an altitudinal transect

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 421-434

  Riebe, Clifford S ^a   Kirchner, James W ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering rates; Cosmogenic nuclides; Physical erosion rates; Weathering climate feedbacks

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION; VEGETATION; WEATHERING RATE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ROSA RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142281998     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00673-3     Document Type: Article

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