Dissolved platinum in major rivers of East Asia: Implications for the oceanic budget

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Soyol Erdene, Tseren Ochir ^a,b   Huh, Youngsook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

flux; mass balance; PGE; platinum

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; FLUXES; RIVERS;

EAST ASIA; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MASS BALANCE; PGE; PLATINUM CONCENTRATION; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVERINE FLUX; RUSSIAN FAR EAST;

PLATINUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; MASS BALANCE; PLATINUM; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER SYSTEM;

AMUR RIVER; CHINA; INDIGIRKA RIVER; KOLYMA RIVER; LENA RIVER; MEKONG RIVER; RED RIVER [ASIA]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; SALWEEN RIVER; YANA RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84862539454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004102     Document Type: Article

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