The role of climate-driven chemical weathering on soil production

Geomorphology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 510-517

  Norton, Kevin P ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b   Schlunegger, Fritz ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Soil depth; Soil production function; Weathering limits

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENUDATION; HILLSLOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGOLITH; SOIL DEPTH; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 84887406507     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.030     Document Type: Article

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