Sedimentation and pedogenic features in a clay deposit in Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-159

  Santos, Maria Do Carmo ^a   Varajão, Angélica F D C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Gravity mass flow; Kaolinite; Lithofacies; Micromorphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342310739     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652004000100013     Document Type: Article

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