The riverine silicon isotope composition of the Amazon Basin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 637-651

  Hughes, H J ^a   Sondag, F ^b   Santos, R V ^c   Andre L ^a   Cardinal, D ^a,d  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RIVER WATER; SILICA; SILICON; TRIBUTARY;

AMAZON BASIN; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84883783961     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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