Biogeochemistry of major world rivers / edited by Egon T. Degens, Stephan Kempe, and Jeffrey E. Richey.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chichester ; New York : Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by Wiley, ©1991. |
| Description | xxiv, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Degens, Egon T. |
| Other author/creator | Kempe, Stephan. |
| Other author/creator | Richey, Jeffrey Edward, 1946- |
| Other author/creator | International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment. |
| Other author/creator | United Nations Environment Programme. |
| Series | SCOPE report ; 42 SCOPE report ; 42. ^A6994 |
| Contents | Spatial variability of river plumes and eutrophication / Karl- Heinz Szekielda and David McGinnis -- Remote sensing of water substances in rivers, estuarine and coastal waters / Jürgen Fischer, Roland Doerffer and Hartmut Grassl -- The biogeochemistry of a major river system : the Amazon case study / Jeffrey E. Richey ... [et al.] -- Carbon and mineral transport in major North American, Russian Arctic, and Siberian rivers : the St. Lawrence, the Mackenzie, the Yukon, the Arctic Alaskan rivers, the Arctic Basin rivers in the Soviet Union, and the Yenisei / S.A. Telang ... [et al.] -- Biogeochemical aspects of South American rivers : the Paraná and the Orinoco / Pedro J. Depetris and Jorge E. Paolini -- Biogeochemistry of major African rivers : carbon and mineral transport / Olasumbo Martins and Jean-Luc Probst -- Carbon transport by the Himalayan rivers / V. Subramanian and V. Ittekkot. |
| Contents | (cont.) Biogeochemistry of European rivers / Stephan Kempe, Maurizio Pettine and Gustave Cauwet -- Dissolved organic carbon in rivers / Alejandro Spitzy and Jerry Leenheer -- Fate of riverine particulate organic matter / V. Ittekkot and R.W.P.M. Laane -- Stable carbon isotopes in rivers and estuaries / W.G. Mook and F.C. Tan -- Minerals in rivers / Georg Irion -- Particulate matter processes in estuaries / Doeke Eisma and Gerhard C. Cadeé - - Modelling terrestrial sources of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur and organic carbon to rivers / G. Esser and G.H. Kohlmaier -- Summary : biogeochemistry of major world rivers / Egon T. Degens, Stephan Kempe and Jeffrey E. Richey. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 90035020 |
| ISBN | 0471926760 : |