Dissolved organic matter and its optical properties in a blackwater tributary of the upper Orinoco river, Venezuela

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 561-569

  Battin, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absorbance and fluorescence of CDOM; Colored dissolved organic matter; Orinoco river; Surumoni river

Indexed keywords

COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORINOCO RIVER; SURUMONI RIVER;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLOGY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RIVERS; SOILS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER CHEMISTRY;

VENEZUELA, ORINOCO RIVER;

EID: 0031810792     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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