Hydrological controls on chemical weathering rates at the soil-bedrock interface

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1065-1068

  Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a   Edelman, Robin ^b   Langner, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advective dispersion equation; Chemical weathering; Dissolution; Hillslope hydrology; Hydraulic conductivity; Soil production

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE-DISPERSION EQUATION; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; SOIL-BEDROCK INTERFACE;

CALCITE; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCK MECHANICS; SEEPAGE;

WEATHERING;

BEDROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 33845580420     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23085A.1     Document Type: Article

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