Geochemistry of the headwaters of the Yangtze River, Tongtian He and Jinsha Jiang: Silicate weathering and CO2 consumption

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3712-3727

  Wu, Weihua ^a   Yang, Jiedong ^a   Xu, Shijin ^a   Yin, Hongwei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; EARTH SCIENCES; EROSION; HELIUM; METAL RECOVERY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CARBONATE WEATHERINGS; CENOZOIC; DISSOLVED LOADS; DRAINAGE BASINS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; EVAPORITE; EVAPORITE DISSOLUTIONS; GRANITOIDS; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; LEVEL-1; MAJOR IONS; PRECAMBRIAN; RIVER SEDIMENTS; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATERS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SILICATE WEATHERINGS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIBET PLATEAUX; YANGTZE RIVERS;

WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CATION; CENOZOIC; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITE; HEADWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; SILICATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE ZONE; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JINSHA RIVER; PANZHIHUA; QINGHAI; SICHUAN; TONGTIAN RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 56349096355     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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