Chemical and physical denudation in the Amazon River Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 141-173

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Dissolved load; Suspended load; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; DISSOLVED LOAD; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRACE ELEMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZON RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0031417404     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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