Source and flux of POC in two subtropical karstic tributaries with contrasting land use practice in the Yangtze River Basin

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2102-2112

  Tao, F X ^a   Liu, C Q ^a   Li, S L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CATCHMENT SOILS; EXPORT RATE; IN-STREAM PROCESS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; KARSTIC; POC FLUX; POTENTIAL THREATS; RAPID DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RATE; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; HEALTH RISKS; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

EROSION;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FOREST COVER; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST HYDROLOGY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER BANK; RIVER BASIN; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 70350568221     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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