West African lateritic pediments: Landform-regolith evolution processes and mineral exploration pitfalls

D Chardon, JL Grimaud, A Beauvais, O Bamba - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper is a contribution to the understanding of surface dynamics of tropical shields over
geological timescales. Emphasis is put on the fundamental and applied implications of …

[HTML][HTML] Landform-regolith patterns of Northwestern Africa: Deciphering Cenozoic surface dynamics of the tropical cratonic geosystem

D Chardon - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The tropical cratonic geosystem encompasses non-orogenic continental domains of the
tropical belt that developed and preserved Cenozoic lateritic regolith mantles (ie, the …

Chemical and physical erosion rhythms of the West African Cenozoic morphogenesis: The 39Ar‐40Ar dating of supergene K‐Mn oxides

A Beauvais, G Ruffet, O Hénocque… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical weathering and mechanical erosion are first‐order processes of long‐term tropical
morphogenesis, which is still poorly deciphered for lack of time constraints. We address this …

40Ar/39Ar and (U–Th)/He–4He/3He geochronology of landscape evolution and channel iron deposit genesis at Lynn Peak, Western Australia

PM Vasconcelos, JA Heim, KA Farley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract (U–Th)/He geochronology of authigenic goethite cements from the Lynn Peak
channel iron deposit (CID), Hamersley Province, Western Australia, reveals a history of …

Calibrating denudation chronology through 40Ar/39Ar weathering geochronology

PM Vasconcelos, IO Carmo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Classical geomorphological models identify regional erosion surfaces and raise
hypotheses, currently abandoned but largely untested, about the cumulative effects of …

Modes, tempo, and spatial variability of Cenozoic cratonic denudation: The West African example

A Beauvais, D Chardon - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying long‐term erosion of tropical shields is crucial to constraining the role of lateritic
regolith covers as prominent sinks and sources of CO2 and sediments in the context of long …

Age and evolution of diachronous erosion surfaces in the Amazon: Combining (U-Th)/He and cosmogenic 3He records

HS Monteiro, PMP Vasconcelos, KA Farley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract (U-Th)/He geochronology of two weathered plateaus in the Carajás Mountains,
Pará, Brazil, reveals a history of weathering spanning from ca. 80 Ma to the present for this …

The inheritance of a Mesozoic landscape in western Scandinavia

O Fredin, G Viola, H Zwingmann, R Sørlie… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In-situ weathered bedrock, saprolite, is locally found in Scandinavia, where it is commonly
thought to represent pre-Pleistocene weathering possibly associated with landscape …

Supergene manganese ore records 75 Myr-long Campanian to Pleistocene geodynamic evolution and weathering history of the Central African Great Lakes Region …

T De Putter, G Ruffet - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo locally hosts Proterozoic
manganese deposits. The deposits of Kisenge-Kamata are the most significant, but …

A Combined (U‐Th)/He and Cosmogenic 3He Record of Landscape Armoring by Biogeochemical Iron Cycling

HS Monteiro, PMP Vasconcelos… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract (U‐Th)/He geochronology and cosmogenic 3He in iron oxides reveal mineral
precipitation ages as old as 55 Ma and exposure ages greater than 5 Ma for canga …