Interactions of calcareous suspended sediment with glacial meltwater: A field test of dissolution behaviour

Chemical Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 243-263

  Fairchild, Ian J ^a,b   Killawee, Jacque A ^b   Hubbard, Bryn ^c   Wolfgang Dreybrodt, ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcite; Chemical denudation; Dissolution kinetics; Glacial meltwater; Solute transport; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DISSOLUTION; MELTWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0033594147     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00170-3     Document Type: Article

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