The CO2 system in rivers of the Australian Victorian Alps: CO2 evasion in relation to system metabolism and rock weathering on multi-annual time scales

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 881-899

  Hagedorn, Benjamin ^a   Cartwright, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GAS TRANSFER; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HIGH WIND SPEED; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER; ROCK WEATHERING; STUDY AREAS; TIME-SCALES; WEATHERING RATES;

ALUMINOSILICATES; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVERS; SOIL MECHANICS;

WEATHERING;

ALUMINOSILICATE; BASEFLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FLUSHING; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; TERRAIN; TIMESCALE; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS;

EID: 77954863227     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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