Crossing disciplines and scales to understand the critical zone

Elements

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 307-314

  Brantley, Susan L ^a   Goldhaber, Martin B ^b   Vala Ragnarsdottir, K ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical zone; Regolith; Soils; Weathering

Indexed keywords

SOILS; WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; CRITICAL ZONES; CROSS-DISCIPLINES; EARTH'S SURFACE; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; MINERAL-WATER INTERFACE; REGOLITH;

BEVERAGES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRITICAL STATE; INTERFACE; REGOLITH; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 36148953233     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.3.5.307     Document Type: Article

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