Chemical weathering in the Upper Huang He (Yellow River) draining the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 5279-5294

  Wu, Lingling ^a   Huh, Youngsook ^a,b   Qin, Jianhua ^c   Du, Gu ^c   van Der Lee, Suzan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER BASIN; SILICATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 29444449318     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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