Isotopic and Chemical Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Chemical Weathering in the Karst Watershed of Krka River (Slovenia)

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-230

  Zavadlav, Saša ^a   Kanduč, Tjaša ^a   McIntosh, Jennifer ^b   Lojen, Sonja ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical processes; Carbonate weathering; Dissolved inorganic carbon; River; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; MASS BALANCE; PH; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUPERSATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATERSHED;

KRKA RIVER [SLOVENIA]; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84876422853     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-013-9188-5     Document Type: Article

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