Elemental weathering fluxes and saprolite production rate in a Central African lateritic terrain (Nsimi, South Cameroon)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-270

  Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Marechal, Jean Christophe ^c   Riotte, Jean ^a,b   Boeglin, Jean Loup ^b   Bedimo Bedimo, Jean Pierre ^d   Ndam Ngoupayou, Jules Remy ^e   Nyeck, Brunot ^e   Robain, Henri ^f   Sekhar, M ^a   Audry, Stéphane ^b   Viers, Jérôme ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d IRGM/ARGV Ekona   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 84867753912     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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