Silicate Rock Weathering and the Global Carbon Cycle

Frontiers in Geochemistry: Contribution of Geochemistry to the Study of the Earth

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 84-103

  Gislason, Sigurdur R ^a   Oelkers, Eric H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

'crystalline silicate rocks'; Factors Affecting Silicate Weathering and Denudation Rates; Field Measurements of Silicate Weathering and Denudation Rates; Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation Rates; Silicate Rock Weathering and the Global Carbon Cycle; The Relative Importance of Chemical and Mechanical Processes; Weathering and Denudation at a Global Scale; Weathering, Erosion and Atmospheric CO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859114093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444329957.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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