Global spatial distribution of natural riverine silica inputs to the coastal zone

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-620

  Durr H H ^a,b,c   Meybeck, M ^b   Hartmann, J ^d,e   Laruelle, G G ^a   Roubeix, V ^c,f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SILICA; SILICON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED LOAD; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

EID: 79952471732     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-597-2011     Document Type: Article

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