Exportation of organic carbon from the Amazon River and its main tributaries

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1329-1344

  Moreira Turcq, Patricia ^a   Seyler, Patrick ^b   Guyot, Jean Loup ^b   Etcheber, Henri ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Amazon River; Flux; Organic carbon; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC);

RIVERS;

CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER BASIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038184153     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1287     Document Type: Article

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