Chemical weathering of basalt in southwest Iceland: effects of runoff, age of rocks and vegetative/glacial

ABSTRACT. River, ground, and peat water from a basaltic catchment area, Laxa ́ in Kjós Southwest Iceland, were sampled and analyzed for major element concentrations to define the effect of glassy versus crystalline basalt, the formation of secondary minerals, and runoff on fluxes of dissolved eleme...

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Main Author: Sigurdur R. Gíslason
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1996
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.547.2112
http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~ajs/2001/Jun/qn060100513.pdf