Chemical weathering and associated CO2 consumption in the Godavari river basin, India

Chemical Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 364-374

  Jha, Pawan Kumar ^a,b   Tiwari, Jaya ^a   Singh, Umesh Kumar ^a   Kumar, Manish ^c   Subramanian, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basalt weathering; Carbon dioxide consumption; Chemical weathering rate; Godavari river basin, India

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DECCAN TRAPS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349147864     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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