Assessing the influence of lithology on weathering indices of Changjiang river sediments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 359, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-115

  Chetelat, Benjamin ^a   Liu, Conq Qiang ^a   Wang, Qilian ^a   Zhang, Guoping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang basin; Climate; Lithologic control; Suspended sediments; Weathering indices

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG BASIN; CLIMATE; EMEISHAN LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LITHOLOGIC CONTROLS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; RIVER SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WEATHERING INDICES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; PARENT BODY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84886257688     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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