Silicate weathering of soil-mantled slopes in an active Alpine landscape

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5243-5258

  Norton, Kevin P ^a   von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE; REACTION KINETICS; SILICATE; SLOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING RATE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; RHONE VALLEY;

EID: 77955516857     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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