Chemical and Strontium Isotopic Compositions of the Hanjiang Basin Rivers in China: Anthropogenic Impacts and Chemical Weathering

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-264

  Xu, Zhifang ^a   Shi, Chao ^a,b   Tang, Yang ^b,c   Han, Hongyin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; CO2 consumption; Hanjiang River; South to North water transfer project; Sr isotopic ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; HAN RIVER [HUBEI]; HUBEI;

EID: 79957511806     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-011-9132-5     Document Type: Article

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