Weathering Rinds: Archives of Paleoenvironments on Mount Kenya, East Africa

Weathering-rind thicknesses on pebble- and cobble-size sediment have been used for the past half-century, at least, as an age indicator of postdepositional time following a geologic event. In mountainous terrain, rind thickness is taken as a measurement of weathering over time frames of 0.5 m.yr.; v...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of geology 2012-11, Vol.120 (6), p.591-602
Hauptverfasser:	Mahaney, W. C., Krinsley, D. H., Allen, C. C. R., Langworthy, K., Ditto, J., Milner, M. W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological weathering Coatings Glacial landforms Glaciation Materials Measurement Microorganisms Minerals Moraines Mountains Paleoclimatology Sediments Volcanoes Weathering processes
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