Iron isotope composition of the suspended matter along depth and lateral profiles in the Amazon River and its tributaries

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-44

  dos Santos Pinheiro, Giana Márcia ^a,b   Poitrasson, Franck ^a,b   Sondag, Francis ^a,b   Vieira, Lucieth Cruz ^a   Pimentel, Márcio Martins ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon River Basin; Depth profile; Iron isotopes; Lateral profile; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRIBUTARY;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOLIMOES RIVER;

EID: 84877591173     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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