40Ar39Ar geochronology constraints on late miocene weathering rates in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 80-94

  de Oliveira Carmo, Isabela ^a   Vasconcelos, Paulo Marcos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Chemical denudation; Miocene; SE Brazil; Weathering rate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DENUDATION; SAPROLITIZATION; WEATHERING RATE;

LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; MIOCENE; WEATHERING;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29544435797     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.056     Document Type: Article

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