Nanoscale Mineral Decay and Its Importance in Geomorphology

Ronald I. Dorn; Steven J. Gordon; Ara Jeong

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00150-4

Nanoscale Mineral Decay and Its Importance in Geomorphology

Ronald I. Dorn, Steven J. Gordon, Ara Jeong

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This article overviews connections between nanoscale weathering and geomorphology. Nanoscale processes are on one side of a fundamental threshold between the coarser microscale (micrometers and up) and the finer nanoscale with different molecular dynamics. Nanoscale processes impact a variety of geomorphic research including Arctic and alpine mineral decay, biotic weathering as an explanation for deviations from Goldich’s weathering series, carbon sequestration related to silicate dissolution, case hardening, detachment limited erosion, dirt cracking, geochemical pollution, the meteoric 10Be cosmogenic nuclide, rock coating behavior, silt production, and tafoni.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Treatise on Geomorphology
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	116-150
Number of pages	35
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128182352
ISBN (Print)	9780128182345
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00150-4
State	Published - Jan 1 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biotic
Chemical pollution
Cosmogenic nuclides
Field
Geomorphology
Laboratory
Landforms
Microbial
Nanoscale
Rind
Rock coating
Scale
Weathering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Science(all)

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