Investigation of in situ weathering of quartz diorite bedrock in the Rio Icacos basin, Luquillo experimental forest, Puerto Rico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 313-341

  Turner, Benjamin F ^a,c   Stallard, Robert F ^b   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrock; Solute flux; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 18844390654     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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