Combining cosmogenic nuclides and major elements from moraine soil profiles to improve weathering rate estimates

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 198-205

  Schaller, M ^a   Blum, J D ^a   Ehlers, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Denudation; Major elements; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; MORAINE; SOIL EROSION; WEATHERING RATE;

FREMONT COUNTY [WYOMING]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 62949139572     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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