Rock varnish in New York: An accelerated snapshot of accretionary processes

Geomorphology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 339-351

  Krinsley, David H ^a   Dorn, Ronald I ^b   DiGregorio, Barry E ^c   Langworthy, Kurt A ^a   Ditto, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Desert varnish; Geomorphology; Lithobionts; Rock coating; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REMOBILIZATION; ROCK VARNISH; WEATHERING RATE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82955203308     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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