Fluvial geochemistry of the eastern slope of the northeastern Andes and its foredeep in the drainage of the Orinoco in Colombia and Venezuela

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2949-2974

  Edmond, J M ^a   Palmer, M R ^a,b   Measures, C I ^a,c   Brown, E T ^a,d   Huh, Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; WEATHERING;

COLOMBIA, ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA, ANDES; VENEZUELA, ORINOCO RIVER;

EID: 0030482980     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00142-1     Document Type: Article

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