Tracing river chemistry in space and time: Dissolved inorganic constituents of the Fraser River, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-308

  Voss, Britta M ^a,b   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a,c   Fiske, Gregory ^d   Wang, Zhaohui Aleck ^a   Hoering, Katherine A ^a   Montluçon, Daniel B ^a,c   LeCroy, Chase ^c   Pal, Sharmila ^a   Marsh, Steven ^e   Gillies, Sharon L ^e   Janmaat, Alida ^e   Bennett, Michelle ^e   Downey, Bryce ^e   Fanslau, Jenna ^e   Fraser, Helena ^e   Macklam Harron, Garrett ^e   Martinec, Michelle ^e   Wiebe, Brayden ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; RIVER SYSTEM; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

EID: 84887142181     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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