Carbonate and silicate weathering in two presently glaciated, crystalline catchments in the Swiss Alps

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1021-1033

  Hosein, R ^a   Arn, K ^a   Steinmann, P ^a   Adatte, T ^a   Follmi K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; DENUDATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS BALANCE; SILICATE; WEATHERING;

AAR MASSIF; ALPS; BERNESE ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1542346393     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00445-9     Document Type: Article

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