Riverine evidence for a fractionated reservoir of Ca and Mg on the continents: Implications for the oceanic Ca cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 267-279

  Tipper, E T ^a   Galy, A ^a   Bickle, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcium (Ca); cycle; isotopes; magnesium (Mg); oceans; weathering

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATED GROUNDWATER RESERVOIR; ISOTOPICALLY LIGHT TRAVERTINE; OCEANIC CALCIUM CYCLE;

CALCIUM; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGNESIUM; RESERVOIR; RIVER POLLUTION;

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

EID: 33745666286     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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