A granulometry and secondary mineral fingerprint of chemical weathering in periglacial landscapes and its application to blockfield origins

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-135

  Goodfellow, Bradley W ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockfield; Chemical weathering; Grain size; Periglacial; Regolith; Secondary mineral

Indexed keywords

BLOCKFIELD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRAIN SIZE; PERIGLACIAL; REGOLITH;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; SILT;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; LANDSCAPE; LITHOLOGY; NEOGENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; REGOLITH; SECONDARY MINERAL; SILTY CLAY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84868482846     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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