Chemical weathering inferred from riverine water chemistry in the lower Xijiang basin, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4749-4760

  Sun, Huiguo ^a,b   Han, Jingtai ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Zhang, Shurong ^b   Lu, Xixi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbonate weathering; CO2 consumption; Lower Xijiang basin; Silicate weathering; Water geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBONATE WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CO2 CONSUMPTION; CONSUMPTION RATES; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LOWER XIJIANG BASIN; MAJOR IONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RAINY SEASONS; RIVER SYSTEMS; ROCK WEATHERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICATE WEATHERING; SOUTH CHINA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WEATHERING RATES;

CALCIUM; CARBONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IONS; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; SULFURIC ACID;

WEATHERING;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; SULFURIC ACID; CATION; MAGNESIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER SYSTEM; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICATE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; WATER ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER;

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATIONS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MAGNESIUM; RIVERS; SEASONS; SILICATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

CHINA; XI RIVER;

EID: 77955927480     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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