Biogeochemical weathering of serpentinites: An examination of incipient dissolution affecting serpentine soil formation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-84

  Baumeister, Julie L ^a   Hausrath, Elisabeth M ^a   Olsen, Amanda A ^b   Tschauner, Oliver ^a   Adcock, Christopher T ^a   Metcalf, Rodney V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BACTERIA; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON; KAOLINITE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALS; POROSITY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETATION;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; POROSITY FORMATION; SERPENTINE MINERALS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL-ROCK INTERFACES;

WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT; PARENT MATERIAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SERPENTINITE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING PROFILE;

COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922479168     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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