From dust to varnish: Geochemical constraints on rock varnish formation in the Negev Desert, Israel

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-111

  Goldsmith, Yonaton ^a,b,c   Stein, Mordechai ^a,b   Enzel, Yehouda ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84890049559     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.040     Document Type: Article

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