Seasonally chemical weathering and CO2 consumption flux of Lake Qinghai river system in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-313

  Zhang, Fei ^a,b   Jin, Zhangdong ^b   Hu, Guang ^b   Li, Fuchun ^a   Shi, Yuewei ^c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of Qinghai Province   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Lake Qinghai river system; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ANION COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; CARBONATE WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FORWARD MODELS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIMALAYAS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MONSOON SEASON; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICATE WEATHERING; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; POSITIVE IONS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER LEVELS; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; IONIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70349180210     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0027-3     Document Type: Article

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