Recycling and chemical weathering in technically controlled mesozoic-cenozoic basins of New Zealand

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 757-774

  Corcoran, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaean; Cenozoic; Chemical weathering; Quartz enrichment; Recycling; Weathering profile

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MESOZOIC; MOLASSE; RECYCLING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 27844517960     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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