A novel mechanism of spheroidal weathering: a case study from the Monchepluton layered complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia

We describe an unusual pattern of spheroidally weathered surface developed in a mineralized harzburgite of Mount Kumuzhya, Monchepluton layered complex of Early Proterozoic age, Kola Peninsula, Russia. This rock is composed of a matrix and spheroids, which differ in their paragenesis and textures. T...

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Main Authors: A.Y. Barkov, A.A. Nikiforov, R.F. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 2015-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume87/Bulletin_87_2_2015_Barkov.pdf