Physical and chemical controls on the critical zone

Elements

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud ^a   von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm ^b   White, Arthur F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical zone; Denudation; Erosion; Regolith; Soil; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PROCESS CONTROL; SOILS;

CHEMICAL CONTROLS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRITICAL ZONES; DENUDATION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REGOLITH;

WEATHERING;

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DENUDATION; FLUID FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGOLITH; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 36148935922     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.3.5.315     Document Type: Article

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