Rock weathering rates on subantarctic Marion island

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-127

  Sumner, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA; MASS WASTING; SHIELD VOLCANO; WEATHERING RATE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 3543022172     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0123:RWROSM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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