Sr fluxes and isotopic compositions in the headwaters of the Yangtze River, Tongtian River and Jinsha River originating from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Chemical Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 63-72

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

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Riverine Sr isotopic compositions

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRONTIUM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGES RIVER; JINSHA RIVER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 60249101466     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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