Deep regolith weathering on the summit surface of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia: A contribution to the 'laterite' debate

Geographical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-299

  Bourman, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Laterite'; Chemistry; Deep weathering; Mineralogy; Regolith

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LATERITE; MESOZOIC; MINERALOGY; REGOLITH; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548088397     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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