Climatic and tectonic controls on chemical weathering in tropical Southeast Asia (Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Liu, Zhifei ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Hantoro, Wahyoe S ^b   Sathiamurthy, Edlic ^c   Colin, Christophe ^d   Zhao, Yulong ^a,d   Li, Jianru ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Borneo; Chemical weathering; Clay minerals; Major elements; Malay Peninsula; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

BORNEO; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MALAY PENINSULA; SUMATRA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; TECTONICS; TROPICS; VOLCANOES;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SMECTITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY PENINSULA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 83155163892     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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