The Fluvial Geochemistry of the Rivers of Eastern Siberia and Implications for the Effect of Climate on Weathering

• Main Author: Huh, Youngsook
• Other Authors: MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Meteorology; *CLIMATE; *WEATHERING; THESES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SIBERIA; *GEOCHEMICAL CARBON CYCLE; SIBERIAN RIVERS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Indigirka; Kolyma; Anadyr'; Siberia
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA363530; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA363530

The dependence of weathering on climate (temperature and precipitation) forms the core of a negative feedback proposed to have maintained the Earth's atmospheric CO2 within habitable limits for most of its history. This hypothesis has not been proven from field results. Data for chemical compos...