Basalt weathering across scales

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 321-334

  Navarre Sitchler, Alexis ^a   Brantley, Susan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basalt; cation denudation rates; fractal dimension; fractals; scaling; surface area; weathering; weathering advance rates

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; RIVERINE MEASUREMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FRACTALS; LITHOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

BASALT;

ADVANCE RATE; BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENUDATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERAL; SURFACE AREA; WEATHERING;

EID: 34548219539     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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