Regulating continent growth and composition by chemical weathering

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4981-4986

  Lee, Cin Ty Aeolus ^a   Morton, Douglas M ^b   Little, Mark G ^a   Kistler, Ronald ^c   Horodyskyj, Ulyana N ^a,d   Leeman, William P ^e   Agranier, Arnaud ^a,f  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Continent; Crust; Geochemistry; Igneous; Lithium

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; RIVER WATER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEA LEVEL; WEATHERING;

EID: 44349128932     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711143105     Document Type: Article

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