How important is it to integrate riverine suspended sediment chemical composition with depth? Clues from Amazon River depth-profiles

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6955-6970

  Bouchez, Julien ^a   Lupker, Maarten ^b   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^a   France Lanord, Christian ^b   Maurice, Laurence ^c  

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

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALOGY; PARTICULATE FLUX; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WEATHERING RATE;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 80054066330     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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