Major ion geochemistry of Nam Co lake and its sources, Tibetan Plateau

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-336

  Zhang, Qianggong ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a   Wang, Feiyue ^c   Li, Chaoliu ^a,b   Xu, Yanwei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Majorion geochemistry; Nam Co; Tibetan Plateau; Water; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; LAKE WATER; MELTWATER; SALINE LAKE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

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

EID: 55149112596     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-008-9039-y     Document Type: Article

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