Geological respiration of a mountain belt revealed by the trace element rhenium

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 403, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Hilton, Robert G ^a,b   Gaillardet, JérÔme ^b   Calmels, Damien ^b,c   Birck, Jean Louis ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Erosion; Mountain rivers; Organic carbon; Rhenium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; RHENIUM; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CARBON CYCLES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MEASUREMENTS OF; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; OXIDATION RATES; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EROSION; MOUNTAIN REGION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; ORGANIC CARBON; RHENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

HIMALAYAS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84903987718     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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