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Chemical Weathering

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  1. GeoBioTec Research Centre (UID/GEO/04035/2013), Department of Geosciences, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

    Isabel M. R. Duarte & António B. Pinho

  2. GeoBioTec Research Centre (UID/GEO/04035/2013), Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Celso S. F. Gomes

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  1. Isabel M. R. Duarte
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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Kanata, Ontario, Canada

    Peter T. Bobrowsky

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    Brian Marker

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Duarte, I.M.R., Gomes, C.S.F., Pinho, A.B. (2017). Chemical Weathering. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_49-1

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