Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics in Amazon and Congo River systems: Constraints about erosion processes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 93-112

  Allègre, Claude J ^a   Dupre, Bernard ^a,b   Négrel, Philippe ^a,c   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED LOAD; EROSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; RIVER SYSTEM; STEADY STATE; STRONTIUM; SUSPENDED LOAD;

AFRICA, CONGO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 0030437435     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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