The effects of weathering variability and anthropogenic pressures upon silicon cycling in an intertropical watershed (Tana River, Kenya)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 308-309, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-25

  Hughes, H J ^a,b   Bouillon, S ^c   Andre L ^a   Cardinal, D ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Dam impact; Silicon cycle; Silicon isotopes; Tana River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRY SEASONS; HYDROELECTRIC DAMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATER; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SILICON CYCLE; SILICON ISOTOPES; SOIL DRAINAGE;

CLIMATE CONTROL; DAMS; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WEATHERING;

SILICON;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY SEASON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PRESSURE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SILICON; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

KENYA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84859492061     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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