Chemical Weathering

Living reference work entry First Online: 22 July 2017 Definition: Weathering of rocks caused by the chemical action of water containing atmospheric oxygen, carbon dioxide, and some organic acids in solution on the rock-forming minerals leading to an adjustment of the mineralogical composition with...

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Main Author: Duarte, Isabel M.R. (author)
Other Authors: Gomes, Celso S. F. (author), Pinho, António B. (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Chemical weathering
Weathering
Chemical processes
Chemical decomposition
Rocks
Agents of weathering
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22725
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/22725

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