Strong climate and tectonic control on plagioclase weathering in granitic terrain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 521-530

  Rasmussen, C ^a   Brantley, S ^b   Richter, D de B ^c   Blum, A ^d   Dixon, J ^e   White, A F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Climate; Denudation; Granite; Physical erosion; Regolith

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE; DENUDATION; PHYSICAL EROSION; REGOLITH;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CLIMATE CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TECTONICS;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; PARTITIONING; PLAGIOCLASE; REGOLITH; TERRAIN;

EID: 78650572265     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.037     Document Type: Article

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