Relationships between δ14C and the molecular quality of dissolved organic carbon in rivers draining to the coast from the conterminous United States

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Butman, David ^a,b   Raymond, Peter A ^a   Butler, Kenna ^b   Aiken, George ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FRACTIONS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC SYSTEM; AROMATICITIES; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COLORADO RIVER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; FLUORESCENCE INDICES; FOSSIL CARBON; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HUMAN POPULATION; LARGE RIVERS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODERN CARBON; NATURAL WATERS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY; WATERSHEDS DRAINING;

ARID REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NASA; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPECTROMETERS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL CHANGE; MODIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870501754     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GB004361     Document Type: Article

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