Present weathering rates in a humid tropical watershed: Nsimi, South Cameroon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 357-387

  Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,c   Ndam Ngoupayou, Jules Remy ^b   Viers, Jérôme ^c   Dupre, Bernard ^c   Bedimo Bedimo, Jean Pierre ^d   Boeglin, Jean Loup ^c   Robain, Henri ^e   Nyeck, Brunot ^b   Freydier, Rémi ^c   Nkamdjou, Luc Sigha ^d   Rouiller, James ^f   Muller, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d Inst Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (Cameroon)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f Centre de Pedologie Biologique CNRS   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; HUMID TROPICS; WATERSHED; WEATHERING RATE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NSIMI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUD PROVINCE; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19944433016     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.06.022     Document Type: Article

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