Modeling of water-rock interaction in the Mackenzie basin: Competition between sulfuric and carbonic acids

Chemical Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 114-123

  Beaulieu, E ^a   Godderis Y ^a   Labat, D ^a   Roelandt, C ^b   Calmels, D ^c   Gaillardet, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Silicate; Sulfide oxidation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OXIDATION; RIVERS; SILICA; SILICATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFURIC ACID; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUMS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN; SULFIDE OXIDATION; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEATHERING ZONES;

WEATHERING;

BICARBONATE; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; MAGNESIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; RIVER BASIN; SILICATE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WATERSHED;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 80053130224     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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