Floodplains of large rivers: Weathering reactors or simple silos?

Chemical Geology

Volumn 332-333, Issue , 2012, Pages 166-184

  Bouchez, Julien ^a   Gaillardet, JérÔme ^a   Lupker, Maarten ^b   Louvat, Pascale ^a   France Lanord, Christian ^b   Maurice, Laurence ^d   Armijos, Elisa ^c   Moquet, Jean Sébastien ^e  

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

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Chemical weathering; Floodplains; Geochemical fluxes; Grain size

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EARTH SURFACE; FLOOD-PLAINS; GLOBAL SCALE; GRAIN SIZE; LARGE RIVERS; MOUNTAIN BELTS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SILICATE WEATHERING; TEMPORARY STORAGE; TRANSFER TIME; WHOLE GRAINS;

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; GRAIN SIZE; PLAGIOCLASE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICATE;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; BENI RIVER; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; GANGETIC PLAIN; MADEIRA RIVER; MARANON RIVER; PERU;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE;

EID: 84868256752     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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