Biogeochemistry of major world rivers / edited by Egon T. Degens, Stephan Kempe, and Jeffrey E. Richey.

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Publication InfoChichester ; 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.
Descriptionxxiv, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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Other author/creatorDegens, Egon T.
Other author/creatorKempe, Stephan.
Other author/creatorRichey, Jeffrey Edward, 1946-
Other author/creatorInternational Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
Other author/creatorUnited Nations Environment Programme.
SeriesSCOPE 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 90035020
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