Weathering of the New Albany Shale, Kentucky: II. Redistribution of minor and trace elements

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1565-1578

  Tuttle, Michele L W ^a   Breit, George N ^a   Goldhaber, Martin B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BLACK SHALES; CLAY COATING; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DEVONIANS; KENTUCKY; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MINERAL OXIDATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYHYDROXIDE; PLANT LITTER; REDOX CONDITION; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SOLID PHASIS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; SURFACE EXPOSURE; SURFACE SOIL; WEATHERING PROFILES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MINING; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC MINERALS; OXIDATION; PYRITES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; SHALE; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651180549     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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