Erosional and climatic effects on long-term chemical weathering rates in granitic landscapes spanning diverse climate regimes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 547-562

  Riebe, Clifford S ^a   Kirchner, James W ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Climate; Granitic landscape; Physical erosion; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; EROSION; GRANITE;

EID: 4143113428     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.019     Document Type: Article

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