Rapid regolith formation over volcanic bedrock and implications for landscape evolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-55

  Dosseto, Anthony ^a   Buss, Heather L ^b,d   Suresh, P O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotope geochemistry; Puerto Rico; Soil; Uranium series disequilibrium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRANITIC BEDROCKS; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; PRODUCTION RATES; PUERTO RICO; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL-MANTLED LANDSCAPES; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; URANIUM-SERIES DISEQUILIBRIUM; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES; VOLCANICLASTICS; WEATHERING PROFILES;

EROSION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; SOILS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BEDROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; REGOLITH; SOIL EROSION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84862321717     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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