Chemical weathering of a marine terrace chronosequence, Santa Cruz, California. Part II: Solute profiles, gradients and the comparisons of contemporary and long-term weathering rates

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2769-2803

  White, Art F ^a   Schulz, Marjorie S ^a   Stonestrom, David A ^a   Vivit, Davison V ^a   Fitzpatrick, John ^a   Bullen, Tom D ^a   Maher, Kate ^b   Blum, Alex E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND SOIL; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLAGIOCLASE; POREWATER; SATURATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOLUTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRONTIUM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TENSION; TERRACE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64749087626     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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