Silica- and sulfate-bearing rock coatings in smelter areas: Products of chemical weathering and atmospheric pollution I. Formation and mineralogical composition

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-274

  Mantha, Nathalie M ^a   Schindler, Michael ^a   Murayama, Mitsuhiro ^b   Hochella, Michael F ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERAL; SILICIC ACID; SMELTING; SULFATE;

EID: 84859911604     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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