Worldwide retention of nutrient silicon by river damming: From sparse data set to global estimate

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 842-855

  Maavara, Taylor ^a   Dürr, Hans H ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

damming; global silicon cycle; mechanistic modeling; Monte Carlo analysis; reservoirs; retention

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DATA SET; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; RETENTION; SILICON;

EID: 84905779881     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004875     Document Type: Article

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