A comparative overview of weathering intensity and HCO3- flux in the world's major rivers with emphasis on the Changjiang, Huanghe, Zhujiang (Pearl) and Mississippi Rivers

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1538-1549

  Cai, Wei Jun ^a   Guo, Xianghui ^a,b   Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^c   Dai, Minhan ^b   Zhang, Longjun ^d   Zhai, Weidong ^b   Lohrenz, Steven E ^e   Yin, Kedong ^f,g,h   Harrison, Paul J ^h   Wang, Yongchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^h HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; River flux; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; DILUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE BASIN; EVAPORATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 46549089178     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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