Northern latitude chemical weathering rates: Clues from the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1305-1329

  Millot, Romain ^a   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^a   Dupré, Bernard ^b   Allégre, Claude Jean ^a  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; RIVER WATER; SUBARCTIC REGION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING RATE;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0037377904     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01207-3     Document Type: Article

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