Worldwide distribution of continental rock lithology: Implications for the atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake by continental weathering and alkalinity river transport to the oceans

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 7-1

  Suchet, Philippe Amiotte ^a   Probst, Jean Luc ^b   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Global carbon cycle; Lithological map; Modeling; River basins; Riverine inputs to oceans; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHERING;

EID: 0041738083     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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