Relating Weathering Fronts for Acid Neutralization and Oxidation to pCO2 and pO2

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 327-352

  Brantley, S L ^a   Lebedeva, M ^a   Bazilevskaya, E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Oxygen; Reaction kinetics; Weathering

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; IRON; IRON OXIDES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; SILICATES; SOILS; SURFACE REACTIONS; WEATHERING;

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; EARTH'S SURFACE; FERROUS IRON; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PROTOLITHS; REACTION FRONT; SILICATE WEATHERING; VOLUME CONSTRAINT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84903808486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01317-6     Document Type: Chapter

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