How porosity increases during incipient weathering of crystalline silicate rocks

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 331-354

  Navarre Sitchler, Alexis ^a   Brantley, Susan L ^b   Rother, Gernot ^c  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84948678091     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2015.80.10     Document Type: Article

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