Weathering of the Rio Blanco quartz diorite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Coupling oxidation, dissolution, and fracturing

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4488-4507

  Buss, Heather L ^a   Sak, Peter B ^b   Webb, Samuel M ^c   Brantley, Susan L ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE RATE; BEDROCK; BIOTITE; COUPLING; DENUDATION; DIORITE; DISSOLUTION; HORNBLENDE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION RATE; SAPROLITE; WEATHERING RATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 50049129601     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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