Solute generation and CO2 consumption during silicate weathering under subtropical, humid climate, northern Okinawa Island, Japan

Chemical Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 199-216

  Vuai, Said Ali Hamad ^a   Tokuyama, Akira ^b  

^a The State Univerisity of Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 consumption; Silicate rock; Solute generation; Subtropical climate; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHLORIDE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; KAOLINITE; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SILICATE; SOLUTE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 33845904137     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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