Chemical weathering of silicate rocks in Karelia region and Kola peninsula, NW Russia : Assessing the effect of rock composition, wetlands and vegetation

• Main Authors: Zakharova, E. A., Pokrovsky, O. S., Dupré, Bernard, Gaillardet, J., Efimova, L. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: chemical weathering; river water; granite; vegetation; Granito; Kola Peninsula; karelia*; karelian; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040727

This study is aimed at assessing the effect of factors including lithology, forest/peatland coverage, dissolved organic carbon, and vegetation on chemical fluxes and concentrations of major elements in rivers. The mean annual element concentrations and dissolved fluxes of acid and basic rock dominat...