Evaluating U-series tools for weathering rate and duration on a soil sequence of known ages

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-35

  Keech, Andrew R ^a   West, A Joshua ^a   Pett Ridge, Julie C ^a,b   Henderson, Gideon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Residence time; Sediment; Soil; U series; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCES; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; FIRST-ORDER PROCESS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE; U-SERIES; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; WEATHERING STUDIES;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LEACHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; THORIUM; TOOLS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

URANIUM;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; LEACHING; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT; SOIL PROFILE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WEATHERING RATE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880594552     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.032     Document Type: Article

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