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Title: Testing for supply‐limited and kinetic‐limited chemical erosion in field measurements of regolith production and chemical depletion
Award ID(s):
1331940
PAR ID:
10401596
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Volume:
17
Issue:
6
ISSN:
1525-2027
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2270 to 2285
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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