Effect of Environmental Factors on the Chemical Weathering of Plagioclase in Hawaiian Basalt

Physical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-84

  Gordon, Steven J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalts; Chemical weathering; Hawaii

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; PLAGIOCLASE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 24344481355     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.26.1.69     Document Type: Article

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