Statistical empirical index of chemical weathering in igneous rocks: A new tool for evaluating the degree of weathering

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• chemical weathering 73%
• igneous rock 63%
• weathering 52%
• index 32%
• mafic rock 23%
• weathering profile 19%
• diagram 16%
• principal component analysis 11%
• oxide 10%
• rock 10%
• felsic rock 8%
• provenance 6%
• source rock 6%
• sedimentary rock 6%
• analysis 3%
• loss 3%
• trend 3%
• chemical 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Efflorescence 100%
• Weathering 76%
• Chemistry 7%
• Oxide 6%
• Reaction Yield 2%