Anthropogenically enhanced chemical weathering and carbon evasion in the Yangtze Basin

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Guo, Jingheng ^a   Wang, Fushun ^b   Vogt, Rolf David ^c   Zhang, Yuhang ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84936867109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11941     Document Type: Article

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