Protracted storage of biospheric carbon in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 843-847

  Galy, Valier ^a   Eglinton, Timothy ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLOBAL WARMING; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIDENCE TIME;

BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 82455163932     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1293     Document Type: Article

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