Formation and evolution of lateritic profiles in the middle Amazon basin: Insights from radiation-induced defects in kaolinite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2193-2204

  Balan, Etienne ^a,b   Allard, Thierry ^a   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^a,b   Sélo, Madeleine ^c   Falguères, Christophe ^c   Chabaux, François ^d   Pierret, Marie Claire ^d   Calas, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLINITE; LATERITE; LATERITIZATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17844382196     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.028     Document Type: Article

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