Annual dissolved fluxes from Central Nepal rivers: Budget of chemical erosion in the Himalayas;Flux dissous des rivières du Népal central : Bilan de l'érosion chimique en Himalaya

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1131-1140

  France Lanord, Christian ^a   Evans, Matthew ^b   Hurtrez, Jean Emmanuel ^c   Riotte, Jean ^d  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Climate erosion; Erosion; Geochemical budget; Himalayas; Relationship; River; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF; SILICATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0346199346     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2003.09.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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