Elements released as dissolved ions during chemical weathering (hydrolysis) of granite feldspars.
Granite's essential minerals include quartz (resistant, largely unweathered) and feldspars (orthoclase/K-feldspar and plagioclase, Na/Ca-feldspar), along with minor mica/biotite. During hydrolysis weathering of feldspars, the alkali...
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