Transport and exchange of U-series nuclides between suspended material, dissolved load and colloids in rivers draining basaltic terrains

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-136

  Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A E ^a,b   Burton, Kevin W ^a,c   Porcelli, Don ^c   James, Rachael H ^a,d   van Calsteren, Peter ^a   Gislason, Sigurdur R ^e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Erosion; Thorium; U series; Uranium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; BASALT GLASS; BED LOAD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY FORMATION; COLLOIDAL FRACTIONS; DISSOLVED LOAD; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; EROSION PROCESS; HIGH PH; HYDROTHERMAL WATER; ICELANDS; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; OXYHYDROXIDES; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; SECONDARY MINERAL FORMATION; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SILICATE WEATHERING; SOIL FORMATIONS; STEADY STATE; SUSPENDED LOADS; SUSPENDED MATERIAL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; U-SERIES;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ASTATINE; BASALT; CLAY MINERALS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

WEATHERING;

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PH; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THORIUM; URANIUM;

AZORES; ICELAND; PORTUGAL;

EID: 78650299878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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