Chemical weathering in Luzon, Philippines from clay mineralogy and major-element geochemistry of river sediments

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2195-2205

  Liu, Zhifei ^a   Zhao, Yulong ^a   Colin, Christophe ^b   Siringan, Fernando P ^c   Wu, Qiong ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; CLAY MINERALOGY; CRYSTALLINITIES; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; MAJOR ELEMENTS; PHILIPPINES; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SMECTITES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTALLINITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LEACHING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SMECTITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70350770823     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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