The Rock Geochemical Model (RokGeM) v0.9

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1543-1573

  Colbourn, G ^a,b   Ridgwell, A ^a   Lenton, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EARTH SCIENCE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84884216371     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1543-2013     Document Type: Article

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