What controls the spatial patterns of the riverine carbonate system? - A case study for North America

Chemical Geology

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-127

  Lauerwald, Ronny ^a,d   Hartmann, Jens ^a   Moosdorf, Nils ^a   Kempe, Stephan ^b   Raymond, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Carbonate system; Catchment; CO2; PH; River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVERAGE VALUES; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; GEO-DATA; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL SCALE; HYDROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROCHEMICALS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LAND COVER; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION EQUATIONS; REFINED ANALYSIS; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER WATER; ROCK WEATHERING; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TERRAIN ATTRIBUTES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CATCHMENTS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; LITHOLOGY; PH; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ALKALINITY;

ALKALINITY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84872186911     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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