Sediment accumulation and carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus deposition in the large tropical reservoir Lake Kariba (Zambia/Zimbabwe)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kunz, Manuel J ^a,b   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^a,b   West, Alfred ^b   Wehrli, Bernhard ^a,b   Vollenweider, Adrian ^a,b   Thüring, Silvan ^a   Senn, David B ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALLOCHTHON; CARBON; CORE ANALYSIS; DAM; DENITRIFICATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD DEPOSIT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LAKE WATER; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; INDIAN OCEAN; LAKE KARIBA; ZAMBEZI BASIN; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79960256006     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001538     Document Type: Article

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