Approaches to modeling weathered regolith

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2009, Pages 435-484

  Brantley, Susan L ^a   White, Art F ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 79952592676     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2009.70.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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