Mineral-specific chemical weathering rates over millennial timescales: Measurements at Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-114

  Ferrier, Ken L ^a   Kirchner, James W ^b,c,d   Riebe, Clifford S ^e   Finkel, Robert C ^b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Cosmogenic nuclides; Mineral weathering; Puerto Rico; Rio Icacos

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; MINERAL WEATHERING; PUERTO RICO; RIO ICACOS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITION RATES; DUST; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TECTONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS BALANCE; MINERALOGY; TIMESCALE; WEATHERING RATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

PUERTO RICO; RIO ICACOS;

EID: 77956610790     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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