Chemical weathering and solute export by meltwater in a maritime Antarctic glacier basin

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 9-27

  Hodson, Andy ^a   Heaton, Tim ^b   Langford, Harry ^a   Newsham, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chemical denudation; Glacial meltwater; Rock water interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DENUDATION; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORAINE; NITRATE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PYRITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SNOWPACK; SODIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SULFATE; TALUS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77953121512     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9372-2     Document Type: Article

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