How oxidation and dissolution in diabase and granite control porosity during weathering

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-73

  Bazilevskaya, Ekaterina ^a   Rother, Gernot ^b   Mildner, David F R ^c   Pavich, Milan ^d   Cole, David ^e   Bhatt, Maya P ^f   Jin, Lixin ^g   Steefel, Carl I ^h   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DISSOLUTION; FRACTALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRANITE; MICA; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POROSITY; SILICATES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; INTERNAL SURFACES; POROSITY DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA (SSA); SURFACE FRACTALS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

WEATHERING;

ADVECTION; DIABASE; DISSOLUTION; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; OXIDATION; PORE SPACE; POROSITY;

PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84920971208     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.04.0135     Document Type: Article

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