Chemical weathering and CO2 consumption in the Xijiang River basin, South China

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 324-332

  Gao, Quanzhou ^a,b   Tao, Zhen ^a   Huang, Xiakun ^c   Nan, Ling ^d   Yu, Kefu ^b   Wang, Zhengang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shenzhen Geotechnical Investigation and Surveying Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Catastrophic flood; Chemical weathering; CO2 consumption; Riverine ion; The Xijiang River basin

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; RIVER WATER; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XI RIVER;

EID: 62949194199     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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