A spheroidal weathering model coupling porewater chemistry to soil thicknesses during steady-state denudation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 444-457

  Fletcher, R C ^a   Buss, H L ^a   Brantley, S L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Saprolite; Soil; Spheroidal weathering; Steady state

Indexed keywords

POREWATER CHEMISTRY; SAPROLITE; SPHEROIDAL WEATHERING; STEADY-STATE DENUDATION;

CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; EROSION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCK MECHANICS; SOILS; STRAIN; WATER;

WEATHERING;

DENUDATION; POREWATER; SOIL PROFILE; WEATHERING;

EID: 33645499520     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.055     Document Type: Article

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