Constraining rates of chemical and physical erosion using U-series radionuclides

Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 553-571

  Vigier, Nathalie ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; SEDIMENTS;

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL EROSION; EROSIONAL PROCESS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL WATERS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT FORMATION; WEATHERING PROFILES;

EROSION;

EID: 85027000295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_27     Document Type: Chapter

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