Oceanic export of relict carbon by small mountainous rivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Komada, Tomoko ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^a   Trumbore, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic; Radiocarbon; Sediment; Shale; Suspended; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC); SMALL MOUNTAINOUS RIVERS (SMR);

RIVERS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; FRESHWATER INPUT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042825150     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019512     Document Type: Article

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