Weak influences of climate and mineral supply rates on chemical erosion rates: Measurements along two altitudinal transects in the Idaho Batholith

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ferrier, Ken L ^a   Kirchner, James W ^b,c,d   Finkel, Robert C ^c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; DRAWDOWN; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; REGOLITH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861436746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002231     Document Type: Article

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