The short term climatic sensitivity of carbonate and silicate weathering fluxes: Insight from seasonal variations in river chemistry

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2737-2754

  Tipper, Edward T ^a   Bickle, Mike J ^a   Galy, Albert ^a   West, A Joshua ^b   Pomiès, Catherine ^a   Chapman, Hazel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; DISSOLVED LOAD; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646397877     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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