The evolution of weathering profiles through time: New insights from uranium-series isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 359-371

  Dosseto, Anthony ^a   Turner, Simon P ^a   Chappell, John ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chemical weathering; landscape evolution; radioactive disequilibrium; soil production; uranium series isotopes

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; EROSION RATES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; RADIOACTIVE DISEQUILIBRIUM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PRODUCTION; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL THICKNESS; SOIL-EROSION RATES; U-SERIES; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES; WEATHERING PROFILES;

ACTINIDES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BERYLLIUM; ESTIMATION; ISOTOPES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

EROSION;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WEATHERING PROFILE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 52749092797     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.050     Document Type: Article

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