Regolith Geology and GeomorphologyJohn Wiley & Sons, 07.09.2001 - 400 Seiten Providing fundamental discussion of regolith properties andchemistry, this book considers many landscape situations andfeatures, whilst linking process to position, geochemistry andtime. Presenting information from an Australian perspective itprovides new insights into the subject, which are developed awayfrom the yoke of traditional Northern Hemisphere ideas andconcepts. * Presents a new approach to the problems of understanding regolithgeology and landscapes * Presents the general aspects and principles of regolith * Chapters present views on landscapes and their evolution, thenature of minerals, the behaviour of water at a landscape level andthe exploration of water behaviour at various scales in regolithmaterials * Investigates methods of conveying information about regolith viamaps and in GIS packages |
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acid adsorbed aeolian alluvial amphibole anatase areas B-horizon basalt Basin bauxite bedrock biotite calcite calcrete carbonate cations cemented chemical weathering clay minerals climates common concentration corestones crystals deeply weathered deposits dissolution duricrust Eggleton environment equilibrium erosion example Fe-oxides feldspar ferricrete ferruginous Figure formation fresh rock geochemical geochemistry Geology gibbsite goethite gossan grains granite groundwater haematite halloysite igneous ions kaolin kaolinite Lake landforms landscape lateritic layer leached Mafic magnesite mg/l mineralogy mottled nodules occur octahedral olivine Ollier oxidation oxyhydroxides photo GT pisoliths plagioclase precipitation processes pyroxene quartz Queensland region regolith regolith materials residual River sand saprolite sedimentary sediments sequence Shales shows silcrete silica SiO2 slope smectite soil solubility solution South Australia South Wales species structure sulfide surface tion trace elements transported valley volcanic water-table weath weathered rock weathering profile Weipa Western Australia Yilgarn Yilgarn Craton zircon zone