Chemical weathering in the drainage basin of a tropical watershed (Nsimi-Zoetele site, Cameroon): Comparison between organic-poor and organic-rich waters

Chemical Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 181-206

  Viers, Jerôme ^a   Dupré, Bernard ^a   Polvé, Mireille ^a   Schott, Jacques ^a   Dandurand, Jean Louis ^a   Braun, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chemical weathering; Drainage basin; Nsimi Zoetele site; Organic poor waters; Organic rich waters; Tropical watershed

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; TROPICAL WATERSHED;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0031400513     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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