Isotopic evidence for iron mobilization during Paleoproterozoic lateritization of the Hekpoort paleosol profile from Gaborone, Botswana

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 577-587

  Yamaguchi, Kosei E ^a,b,c   Johnson, Clark M ^b,c   Beard, Brian L ^b,c   Beukes, Nicolas J ^c,d   Gutzmer, Jens ^d   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^c,e  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe; isotope; paleosol; weathering

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOSOL;

IRON; ISOTOPES; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LATERITIZATION; MOBILIZATION; PALEOSOL; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; GABORONE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34047137141     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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