Water geochemistry of the Xijiang basin rivers, South China: Chemical weathering and CO2 consumption

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1603-1614

  Xu, Zhifang ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PRECIPITATION; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; DISSOLVED LOAD; EVAPORITES; ION COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEAN VALUES; PROTON DONORS; RIVER WATER; ROCK WEATHERING; SILICATE WEATHERING; SOUTH CHINA; SURFACE AREA; ZHUJIANG;

AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; COAL COMBUSTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS;

WEATHERING;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COAL; COMBUSTION; DISSOLVED LOAD; EVAPORITE; FLOW VELOCITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; SURFACE AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; XI RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 77957021283     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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