Chemical weathering processes and atmospheric CO2 consumption of Huanghe River and Changjiang River basins

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Li, Jing Ying ^a   Zhang, Jing ^b,c  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang River basin; Chemical weathering rate; CO2 consumption; Huanghe River basin

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EVAPORITE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 17044419589     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-003-0063-y     Document Type: Article

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