Chemical weathering of a marine terrace chronosequence, Santa Cruz, California I: Interpreting rates and controls based on soil concentration-depth profiles

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-68

  White, Art F ^a   Schulz, Marjorie S ^a   Vivit, Davison V ^a   Blum, Alex E ^b   Stonestrom, David A ^a   Anderson, Suzanne P ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEPTH; MASS TRANSFER; POREWATER; REGOLITH; TERRACE; WEATHERING PROFILE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; SANTA CRUZ [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849015972     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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