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Root Weathering

Root Weathering is a biological weathering process in which plant roots penetrate rock fissures, exert mechanical pressure during growth, and facilitate chemical decomposition through the release of organic acids, thereby accelerating the disintegration of rock substrates.

26

Publications

1.4K

Citations

107

Authors

65

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11

Variants

Root-induced Weathering

Parents

Publications

26

Roots, rock, and regolith: Biomechanical and biochemical weathering by trees and its impact on hillslopes—A critical literature review

Łukasz Pawlik, Jonathan D. Phillips, Pavel Šamonil · Earth-Science Reviews · 2016 · 178 citations

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Rapid Weathering of a Trioctahedral Mica by the Roots of Ryegrass

Philippe Hinsinger, Benoît Jaillard, Joseph E. Dufey · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1992 · 174 citations

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Weathering of rock to regolith: The activity of deep roots in bedrock fractures

Elizabeth A. Hasenmueller, Xin Gu, Julie N. Weitzman et al. · Geoderma · 2017 · 158 citations

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Rapid, plant-induced weathering in an aggrading experimental ecosystem

Bernard T. Bormann, Deane Wang, Michael C. Snyder et al. · Biogeochemistry · 1998 · 151 citations

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Calcium weathering in forested soils and the effect of different tree species

Feike A. Dijkstra, N. van Breemen, A.G. Jongmans et al. · Biogeochemistry · 2003 · 83 citations

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Authors

107

  1. TA
    Tasuku Akagi

    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  2. ŁP
    Łukasz Pawlik

    University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

    2 publications · 201 citations

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  3. MA
    Meheruna Akter

    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  4. CR
    C. R. Lawrence

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  5. MT
    Marie‐Pierre Turpault

    Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes, France

    2 publications · 48 citations

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1–5 of 107

Institutions

65

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    150 citations

  2. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    184 citations

  3. Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    82 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  5. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    92 citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    139 citations

  7. Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie

    Krakow, Poland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    201 citations

  8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  3. Journal of Molecular Structure

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  4. Geoderma

    1 publications · 158 citations

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  5. Soil Science Society of America Journal

    SSSAJ · 1 publications · 174 citations

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