Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 211-228

  West, A Joshua ^a   Galy, Albert ^a   Bickle, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2; Erosion; Feedback; Transport limited; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATIC FACTORS; EROSION RATES; SILICATE WEATHERING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATES; TECTONICS;

WEATHERING;

SILICATE MINERAL; WEATHERING;

EID: 20544441927     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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