Regolith formation rate from U-series nuclides: Implications from the study of a spheroidal weathering profile in the Rio Icacos watershed (Puerto Rico)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-95

  Chabaux, F ^a   Blaes, E ^a   Stille, P ^a   di Chiara Roupert, R ^a   Pelt, E ^a   Dosseto, A ^b   Ma, L ^c,e   Buss, H L ^d,f   Brantley, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIORITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; QUARTZ; REGOLITH; SAPROLITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATERSHED; WEATHERING PROFILE;

PUERTO RICO; RIO ICACOS;

EID: 84869846723     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.037     Document Type: Article

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