Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and its δ13C in the Ganga (Hooghly) River estuary, India: Evidence of DIC generation via organic carbon degradation and carbonate dissolution

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 226-248

  Samanta, Saumik ^a   Dalai, Tarun K ^a   Pattanaik, Jitendra K ^a   Rai, Santosh K ^b   Mazumdar, Aninda ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER;

GANGES RIVER; HOOGHLY ESTUARY; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84931269628     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.040     Document Type: Article

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