Rates of Chemical Weathering of Rocks and Minerals

S.M. Colman and D.P. Dethier, An Overview of Rates of Chemical Weathering. Kinetics and Mechanisms of Weathering Reactions: R.A. Eggleton, The Relations between Crystal Structure and Silicate Weathering Rates. D.E. Grandstaff, The Dissolution Rate of Forsteritic Olivine from Hawaiian Beach Sand. G.R. Holdren, Jr., and P.M. Speyer, Stoichiometry of Alkali Feldspar Dissolution at Room Temperature and Various pH Values. J.B. Laronne, Rate Limitation and Dissolution of Highly Soluble Minerals. Rates of Mineral Alteration in Soil Environments: R.D. Hall and R.E. Martin, The Etching of Hornblende Grains in the Matrix of Alpine Tills and Periglacial Deposits. W.W. Locke, Rates of Hornblende Etching in Soils on Glacial Deposits, Baffin Island, Canada. W.C. Mahaney and D.L. Halvorson, Rates of Mineral Weathering in the Wind River Mountains, Western Wyoming. D.B. Nahon, Evolution of Iron Crusts in Tropical Landscapes. F.C. Ugolini, Processes and Rates of Weathering in Cold and Polar Desert Environments. Weathering of Volcanic Ashes and Deposits: R.H. King, Weathering of Holocene Airfall Tephras in the Southern Canadian Rockies. D.J. Lowe, Controls on the Rates of Weathering and Clay Mineral Genesis in Airfall Tephras: A Review and New Zealand Case Study. V.E. Neall and I.K. Paintin, Rates of Weathering of 14C-Dated Late Quaternary Volcaniclastic Deposits in the Western United States. A.F. White, L.V. Benson, and A. Yee, Chemical Weathering of the May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens Ash Fall and the Effect on the Iron Creek Watershed, Washington. Rates of Formation of Rock-Weathering Features: S.M. Colman, Levels of Time Information in Weathering Measurements, with Examples from Weathering Rinds on Volcanic Clasts in the Western United States. R. Crook, Jr., and A.R. Gillespie, Weathering Rates in Granitic Boulders Measured by P-Wave Speeds. I.E. Whitehouse, M.J. McSaveney, P.L.K. Knuepfer, and T.J.H. Chinn, Growth of Weathering Rinds on Torlesse Sandstone, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Hydrochemical Studies of Rates of Weathering: M.A. Velbel, The Mathematical Basis for Determining Rates of Geochemical and Geomorphic Processes in Small Forested Watersheds by Mass Balance: Examples and Implications. J.L. Clayton, An Estimate of Plagioclase Weathering Rate in the Idaho Batholith Based upon Geochemical Transport Rates. J. Creasey, A.C. Edwards, J.M. Reid, D.A. MacLeod, and M.S. Cresser, The Use of Catchment Studies for Assessing Chemical Weathering Rates in Two Contrasting Upland Areas in Northeast Scotland. D.P. Dethier, Weathering Rates and the Chemical Flux from Catchments in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.. T. Pa*afces, Rates of Weathering and Erosion Derived from Mass Balance in Small Drainage Basins. M.J. Pavich, Processes and Rates of Saprolite Production and Erosion on a Foliated Granitic Rock of the Virginia Piedmont. Each chapter includes references. Index.