Chemical weathering in the upper reaches of Xijiang River draining the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Southwest China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 83-95

  Xu, Zhifang ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; CO2 consumption rate; River water geochemistry; Strontium isotope; Yunnan Guizhou Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COAL MINING; DISSOLUTION; IONIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER WATER; STOICHIOMETRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; BEIPAN RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANPANJIANG BASIN; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 33847624900     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Bickle M.J., Chapman H.J., Bunbury J., Harria N.B.W., Fairchild I.J., Ahmad T., and Pomiès C. Relative contributions of silicate and carbonate rocks to riverine Sr fluxes in the headwaters of the Ganges. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69 (2005) 2221-2240
2. Edmond J.M., Palmer M.R., Measures C.I., Brown E.T., and Huh Y. Fluvial geochemistry of the eastern slope of the northeastern Andes and its foredeep in the drainage of the Orinoco in Colombia and Venezuela. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60 (1996) 2949-2976
3. Elderfield H., Upstill-Goddard R., and Sholkovitz E.R. The rare earth elements in rivers, estuaries and coastal seas and their significance to the composition of ocean waters. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54 (1990) 971-997
4. Fairchild I.J., Bradby L., Sharp M., and Tison J.-L. Hydrogeochemistry of carbonate terrains in Alpine glacial settings. Earth Surf. Processes Landf. 19 (1994) 33-54
5. Fairchild I.J., Borsato A., Tooth A.F., Frisia S., Hawkesworth C.J., Huang Y., McDermott F., and Spiro B. Controls on trace element (Sr-Mg) compositions of carbonate cave waters: implications for speleothem climatic records. Chem. Geol. 166 (2000) 255-269
6. Gaillardet J., Dupré B., Allègre C.J., and Négrel P. Chemical and physical denudation in the Amazon River Basin. Chem. Geol. 142 (1997) 141-173
7. 2 consumption rates deduced from the chemistry of large rivers. Chem. Geol. 159 (1999) 3-30
8. Galy A., and France-Lanord C. Weathering processes in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin and the riverine alkalinity budget. Chem. Geol. 159 (1999) 31-60
9. Grasby S.E., and Hutcheon I. Chemical dynamics and weathering rates of a corbonate basin Bow River, Southern Alberta. Appl. Geochem. 15 (2000) 67-77
10. Han G., and Liu C.Q. Water geochemistry controlled by carbonate dissolution: a study of the river waters draining karst-dominated terrain, Guizhou Province, China. Chem. Geol. 204 (2004) 1-21
11. Han G., and Liu C.-Q. Strontium isotope and major ion chemistry of the rainwaters from Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China. Sci. Total Environ. 364 (2006) 165-174
12. Hong Y.T., Zhang H.B., Zhu Y.X., Piao H.C., Jiang H.B., and Liu D.P. Sulfur isotopic compositions of precipitations in China. Nat. Sci. Prog. 4 (1994) 741-745 (in Chinese)
13. Huh Y., Tsoi M.Y., Zaitsev A., and Edmond J.M. The fluvial geochemistry of the rivers of Eastern Siberia: I. Tributaries of the Lena River draining the sedimentary platform of the Siberian Craton. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62 (1998) 1657-1676
14. 86Sr. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 109 (1992) 243-253
15. Lang Y.-C., Liu C.-Q., Zhao Z.-Q., Li S.-L., and Han G.-L. Geochemistry of surface and ground water in Guiyang, China: water/rock interaction and pollution in a karst hydrological system. Appl. Geochem. 21 (2006) 887-903
16. 2 sink. Environ. Geol. 39 (2000) 1053-1058
17. Meybeck M. Global occurrence of major elements in rivers. In: Drever J.I. (Ed). Treatise on Geochemistry, Surface and Ground Water, Weathering, and Soils (2003), Elsevier 207-223
18. Négrel P., Allègre C.J., Dupré B., and Lewin E. Erosion sources determined by inversion of major and trace element ratios and strontium isotopic ratios in river water: the Congo Basin Case. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 120 (1993) 59-76
19. Palmer M.R., and Edmond J.M. Controls over the strontium isotope composition of river water. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56 (1992) 2099-2111
20. Petelet E., Luck J.M., Othman D.B., Negrel P., and Aquilina L. Geochemistry and water dynamics of a medium-sized watershed: the Herault, southern France 1. Organisation of the different water reservoirs as contrained by Sr isotopes, major, and trace elements. Chem. Geol. 150 (1998) 63-83
21. Qin J., Huh Y., Edmond J.M., Du G., and Ran J. Chemical and physical weathering in the Min Jiang, a headwater tributary of the Yangtze River. Chem. Geol. 227 (2005) 53-69
22. Roy S., Gaillardet J., and Allègre C.J. Geochemistry of dissolved and suspended loads of the Seine river, France: anthropogenic impact, carbonate and silicate weathering. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 (1999) 1277-1292
23. Sarin M.M., Krishnaswami S., and Dilli K. Major ion chemistry of the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system: weathering processes and fluxes to the Bay of Bengal. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53 (1989) 977-1009
24. SO4 in rivers of the Canadian Cordillera. Geochim.Cosmochim. Acta 69 (2005) 5441-5458
25. Stallard R.F., and Edmond J.M. Geochemistry of the Amazon: 2. Influence of geology and weathering environment on the dissolved load. J. Geophys. Res. 88 (1983) 9671-9688
26. Stallard R.F., and Edmond J.M. Geochemistry of the Amazon: 3. Weathering chemistry and limits to dissolved inputs. J. Geophys. Res. 92 (1987) 8293-8302
27. Viers J., Dupré B., Braun J.J., Deberdt S., Angeletti B., Ngoupayou J.N., and Michard A. Major and trace element abundances, and strontium isotopes in the Nyong basin rivers (Cameroon): constraints on chemical weathering processes and elements transport mechanisms in humid tropical environments. Chem. Geol. 169 (2000) 211-241
28. 2 and sulfuric acid. Chem. Geol. 177 (2001) 415-430
29. Zhang J., Takahashi K., Wushiki H., Yabuki S., Xiong J.M., and Masuda A. Water geochemistry of the rivers around the Taklimakan Desert (NW China): crustal weathering and evaporation processes in arid land. Chem. Geol. 119 (1995) 225-237