Discrepancy between mineral residence time and soil age: Implications for the interpretation of chemical weathering rates

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-38

  Yoo, Kyungsoo ^a   Mudd, Simon Marius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Mineral dissolution; Soil formation; Soil production

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE;

DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; SOILS; WEATHERING;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; MINERAL; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; RESIDENCE TIME; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 38349082582     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24285A.1     Document Type: Article

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