Hydrochemistry and its controlling factors of rivers in the source region of the Yangtze River on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-83

  Jiang, Liguang ^a,b   Yao, Zhijun ^a   Liu, Zhaofei ^a   Wang, Rui ^a,b   Wu, Shanshan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Controlling factor; Hydrochemistry; Major ions; Source region of the Yangtze River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; SILICATES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; MAJOR IONS; SOURCE REGION OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ANION; CARBONATE; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POINT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84929951460     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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