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Weathering Fronts

Weathering Fronts is a geological construct that denotes the advancing boundary within a rock mass where chemical and physical weathering processes actively transform the intact rock into weathered material, distinguishing it from static zones of unaltered or fully weathered rock.

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Weathering Front

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‘Basal surface’ or ‘weathering front’

J. A. Mabbutt · Proceedings of the Geologists Association · 1961 · 101 citations

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Weathering of gneissic rocks in the upper reaches of Cauvery river, south India: implications to neotectonics of the region

Anupam Sharma, V. Rajamani · Chemical Geology · 2000 · 92 citations

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Mobilization and redistribution of major and trace elements in two weathering profiles developed on serpentinites in the Lomié ultramafic complex, South-East Cameroon

Paul‐Désiré Ndjigui, Paul Bilong, Dieudonné Bitom et al. · Journal of African Earth Sciences · 2007 · 85 citations

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Controls on granitic weathering fronts in contrasting climates

Nick R. Hayes, Heather L. Buss, Oliver Moore et al. · Chemical Geology · 2019 · 67 citations · Full text

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Deep weathering along a granite ridgeline in a subtropical climate

Wenjing Liu, Cong‐Qiang Liu, Susan L. Brantley et al. · Chemical Geology · 2016 · 61 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SL
    Susan L. Brantley

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 99 citations

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  2. XT
    Xin Tong

    Microsoft Research Asia (China), China

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. YC
    Yanyun Chen

    Microsoft Research Asia (China), China

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  4. DA
    David A. Robinson

    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  5. CD
    C. D. Ollier

    Australian National University, Australia

    2 publications · 62 citations

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Institutions

76

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    259 citations

  2. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    156 citations

  3. Microsoft Research Asia (China)

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    312 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    700 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  6. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  7. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    78 citations

  8. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    411 citations

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  1. Chemical Geology

    4 publications · 234 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the Geologists Association

    2 publications · 118 citations

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  4. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. Journal of African Earth Sciences

    2 publications · 118 citations

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