Geochemistry of the dissolved load of the Changjiang Basin rivers: Anthropogenic impacts and chemical weathering

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4254-4277

  Chetelat, B ^a   Liu, C Q ^a   Zhao, Z Q ^a   Wang, Q L ^a   Li, S L ^a   Li, J ^a   Wang, B L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBONATE; CATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLVED LOAD; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING RATE;

ASIA; BRAHMANI BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGES BASIN; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 49349115095     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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