Global silicate weathering and CO2 consumption rates deduced from the chemistry of large rivers

Chemical Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 3-30

  Gaillardet, J ^a   Dupre B ^b   Louvat, P ^a   Allegre C J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CO2 consumption; Large rivers; Silicate weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

EID: 0032757071     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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