Modeling of continental weathering under high-CO2 atmospheres during Precambrian times

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Fabre, Sébastien ^a,b   Berger, Gilles ^b   Nédélec, Anne ^a  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

chemical weathering; experiments; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LEACHING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; NEAR-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; PRECAMBRIAN; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE REACTIONS; SURFACE EXCHANGES;

WEATHERING;

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DISSOLUTION; GRANODIORITE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECAMBRIAN; TONALITE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 80053613521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003444     Document Type: Article

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