Regolith mass balance inferred from combined mineralogical, geochemical and geophysical studies: Mule Hole gneissic watershed, South India

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 935-961

  Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Descloitres, Marc ^a,c   Riotte, Jean ^a,b   Fleury, Simon ^a   Barbiéro, Laurent ^a,b   Boeglin, Jean Loup ^b   Violette, Aurélie ^b   Lacarce, Eva ^d   Ruiz, Laurent ^e   Sekhar, M ^a   Mohan Kumar, M S ^a   Subramanian, S ^a   Dupré, Bernard ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Centre d'Orléans   (France)

^e UMR SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSPORT; MINERALOGY; PARENT MATERIAL; PASSIVE MARGIN; PEDOLOGY; SOIL COVER; SOIL PROFILE; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58849146074     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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