Probing the deep critical zone beneath the luquillo experimental forest, Puerto Rico

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1170-1186

  Buss, H L ^a   Brantley, S L ^b   Scatena, F N ^c   Bazilievskaya, E A ^b   Blum, A ^d   Schulz, M ^e   Jimenez R ^c   White, A F ^e   Rother, G ^f   Cole, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corestones; Critical zone; Drilling; Regolith; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CORESTONES; CRITICAL ZONES; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; REGOLITH;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; BORING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; DRILLING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

WEATHERING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRILLING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; REGOLITH; SILICATE; STREAM CHANNEL; WATERSHED;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84880510504     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3409     Document Type: Article

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