Source, transport and fluxes of Amazon River particulate organic carbon: Insights from river sediment depth-profiles

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 280-298

  Bouchez, Julien ^a,b   Galy, Valier ^c   Hilton, Robert G ^a,d   Gaillardet, JérÔme ^a,i   Moreira Turcq, Patricia ^e   Pérez, Marcela Andrea ^f   France Lanord, Christian ^g   Maurice, Laurence ^h  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^h CRPG CNRS   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER; SOLIMOES RIVER;

POACEAE;

EID: 84897388174     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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