Riverine Li isotope fractionation in the Amazon River basin controlled by the weathering regimes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-93

  Dellinger, Mathieu ^a,b   Gaillardet, Jerome ^b,c   Bouchez, Julien ^b   Calmels, Damien ^d   Louvat, Pascale ^b   Dosseto, Anthony ^e   Gorge, Caroline ^b   Alanoca, Lucia ^f   Maurice, Laurence ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; RIVER WATER; SECONDARY MINERAL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES;

EID: 84934873198     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.042     Document Type: Article

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