Mineralogic and geochemical changes from alteration of granitic rocks, boulder creek catchment, Colorado

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 858-866

  Dethier, David P ^a   Bove, Dana J ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION SEQUENCE; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; DOWNSLOPE; DUSTFALL; FE OXIDE; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; GRANITIC ROCKS; GRANODIORITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMALLY; HYDROXIDE MINERALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; MAGNETITE CONCENTRATION; PERCOLATING WATERS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIMARY ROCKS; ROCK MATERIALS; SILVER PLUMES; SMECTITES; VADOSE ZONE; VOLUME EXPANSION; XRD ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; GRANITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICA; MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SODIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY ALTERATION;

BEDROCK; BIOTITE; CATCHMENT; CLAY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON OXIDE; MANTLE; MICROCLINE; MINERALOGY; PERCOLATION; PLAGIOCLASE; REGOLITH; SAPROLITE; VADOSE ZONE; VOLUME CHANGE; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOULDER CREEK; COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

GRUS;

EID: 84860419168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0106     Document Type: Article

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