Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the elemental proxies for palaeoclimatic and
palaeoceanographic variability in marine sediments. Physical and biological processes …

Titanium is a dispersed lithophile element commonly regarded as chemically immobile at
sub-magmatic temperatures. However, a growing number of field studies demonstrate that Ti …

REE-Th geochemistry and mineralogy have been studied in a lateritic profile derived from a
syenite at Akongo in SW Cameroon. REE and Th mass balance calculations for the host …

This chapter, like Churchman (2000), seeks to bring readers up to date with information and
understanding about the alteration of minerals and the nature of their products in the context …

Rapid eruption of submarine lava flows during formation of the Caribbean plateau correlates
closely with ocean anoxic event 2 (OAE2), which bracketed the Cenomanian/Turonian …

Titanium and Zr were analyzed in 10 weathering and pedogenetic soil profiles developed on
granitic rocks from NW Spain. Concentrations were obtained by XRF and the Ti and Zr …

We present a set of bulk chemical and mineralogical compositions of the Pingba red residua
on karst terrains of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau that show evidence pertaining to the source …

Niobium (Nb) is one of the most immobile elements during supergene weathering, widely
used for mass-balance calculations, despite elusive information on the mechanisms …

Weathering rind thicknesses were measured on∼ 200 basaltic clasts collected from three
regionally extensive alluvial fill terraces (Qt 1, Qt 2, and Qt 3) preserved along the Pacific …

The first requirement for the efficient production of most agricultural crops is that sufficient
water derived from rainfall or irrigation is accepted by the soil. Otherwise, water is not only …