Glacial effects on weathering processes: New insights from the elemental and lithium isotopic composition of West Greenland rivers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Wimpenny, Josh ^a   James, Rachael H ^a   Burton, Kevin W ^a   Gannoun, Abdelmouhcine ^a   Mokadem, Fatima ^a   Gíslason, Sigurdur R ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

glacial weathering; Greenland; lithium isotopes; weathering fluxes

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL RIVERS; GLACIAL RUNOFF; GLACIAL WEATHERING; GREENLAND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MINERAL SURFACES; OXYHYDROXIDES; RIVERINE FLUX; SATURATION STATE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLUBILISATION; SULPHIDE OXIDATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEST GREENLAND;

CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; MICA; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SORPTION; WEATHERING;

LITHIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL TRANSPORT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHIUM; RUNOFF; SOLUBILIZATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 75149136455     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.042     Document Type: Article

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