Seasonal variability of element fluxes in two Central Siberian rivers draining high latitude permafrost dominated areas

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3335-3357

  Bagard, Marie Laure ^a   Chabaux, François ^a   Pokrovsky, Oleg S ^b   Viers, Jérome ^b   Prokushkin, Anatoly S ^c   Stille, Peter ^a   Rihs, Sophie ^a   Schmitt, Anne Désirée ^d   Dupré, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; PERMAFROST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

SIBERIA;

EID: 79955950804     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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