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How Oxidation and Dissolution in Diabase and Granite Control Porosity during Weathering

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Author(s)

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya, Gernot Rother, David F. Mildner, Milan Pavich, David Cole, Maya P. Bhatt, Lixin Jin, Carl I. Steefel, Susan L. Brantley

Abstract

Weathering extends to shallower depths on diabase than granite ridgetops despite similar climate and geomorphological regimes of despite similar climate and geomorphological regimes of denudation in the Virginia (USA) piedmont. Deeper weathering has been attributed to advective transport of solutes in granitic rock compared to diffusive transport in diabase. We use neutron scattering (NS) technique to quantify the total and connected sub-millimeter porosity (1nm
Citation
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Volume
79

Keywords

fractal geometry, porosity in diabase and granite rocks, small-angle scattering, soil formation, specific surface area, weathering profile of rocks

Citation

Bazilevskaya, E. , Rother, G. , Mildner, D. , Pavich, M. , Cole, D. , Bhatt, M. , Jin, L. , Steefel, C. and Brantley, S. (2015), How Oxidation and Dissolution in Diabase and Granite Control Porosity during Weathering, Soil Science Society of America Journal, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=915794 (Accessed July 27, 2024)

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Created January 12, 2015, Updated October 12, 2021