Climatic and tectonic controls on weathering in south China and Indochina Peninsula: Clay mineralogical and geochemical investigations from the Pearl, Red, and Mekong drainage basins

Liu, Zhifei; Colin, Christophe; Huang, Wei; Phon Le, Khanh; Tong, Shengqi; Chen, Zhong; Trentesaux, Alain

doi:10.1029/2006gc001490

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Climatic and tectonic controls on weathering in south China and Indochina Peninsula: Clay mineralogical and geochemical investigations from the Pearl, Red, and Mekong drainage basins

Published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems • May 1, 2007

Authors:

Zhifei Liu

Christophe Colin

Wei Huang

Abstract

Results of clay mineralogy, major element geochemistry, and Sr and Nd isotopes in 93 argillaceous samples collected from drainage basins of the Pearl, Red, and Mekong rivers reveal different degrees of chemical weathering in Southeast Asia despite similar climate conditions across these regions. The...

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Weathering

Geology

Geochemistry

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