Modeling weathering pathways and processes of the fragmentation of salt weathered quartz-chlorite schist

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wells, Tony ^a   Willgoose, G R ^a   Hancock, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; FRACTURE; FRAGMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; SCHIST; WEATHERING;

EID: 44449152486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000714     Document Type: Article

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