Climatic and lithologic controls on the temporal and spatial variability of CO2 consumption via chemical weathering: An example from the Australian Victorian Alps

Chemical Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 234-253

  Hagedorn, Benjamin ^a   Cartwright, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO2 consumption; Geochemistry; Rivers; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; GIBBSITE; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; RIVER WATER; SMECTITE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60849103762     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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