The fluvial geochemistry of the rivers of Eastern Siberia: II. Tributaries of the Lena, Omoloy, Yana, Indigirka, Kolyma, and Anadyr draining the collisional/accretionary zone of the Verkhoyansk and Cherskiy ranges

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2053-2075

  Huh, Youngsook ^a   Panteleyev, Gera ^a   Babich, Omitry ^b   Zaitsev, Alexandr ^b   Edmond, John M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032101502     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(98)00127-6     Document Type: Article

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