The geochemistry of the Yangtze River: Seasonality of concentrations and temporal trends of chemical loads

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mller, Beat ^a   Berg, Michael ^a   Pernet Coudrier, Benot ^a   Qi, Weixiao ^b   Liu, Huijuan ^b  

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

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL DYNAMICS; CHEMICAL LOAD; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DISSOLVED SILICA; EAST CHINA SEA; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; MAJOR IONS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY TARGETS; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TRACE METAL; WATER COMPOSITION; YANGTZE RIVER;

CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; LEAD; RUNOFF; SILICA;

CHLORINE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ENRICHMENT; ION; SEASONALITY; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; DATONG BASIN; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANXI; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84861857061     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004273     Document Type: Article

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