Global silicate weathering and CO2 consumption rates deduced from the chemistry of large rivers

J Gaillardet, B Dupré, P Louvat, CJ Allegre - Chemical geology, 1999 - Elsevier
The main problem associated with the study of silicate weathering using river dissolved load
is that the main control of solute chemistry is lithology and that all rivers are influenced by …

Predicting the oceanic input of organic carbon by continental erosion

W Ludwig, JL Probst, S Kempe - Global Biogeochemical …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
For a large set of major world rivers we established the empirical relations existing between
the observed organic carbon fluxes and the climatic, biologic, and geomorphologic patterns …

Worldwide distribution of continental rock lithology: Implications for the atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake by continental weathering and alkalinity river transport to the …

P Amiotte Suchet, JL Probst… - Global biogeochemical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The silicate rock weathering followed by the formation of carbonate rocks in the ocean,
transfers CO2 from the atmosphere to the lithosphere. This CO2 uptake plays a major role in …

Impact of nitrogenous fertilizers on carbonate dissolution in small agricultural catchments: Implications for weathering CO2 uptake at regional and global scales

AS Perrin, A Probst, JL Probst - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to highlight the occurrence of an additional proton-promoted
weathering pathway of carbonate rocks in agricultural areas where N-fertilizers are …

A global model for present‐day atmospheric/soil CO2 consumption by chemical erosion of continental rocks (GEM‐CO2)

PA Suchet, JL Probst - Tellus B, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of atmospheric/soil CO2 consumed by chemical weathering of the continents
(FCO2) can be estimated from river fluxes of bicarbonates. Using published data for 232 …

Silicate rock weathering and atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake in the Amazon basin estimated from river water geochemistry: seasonal and spatial variations

J Mortatti, JL Probst - Chemical geology, 2003 - Elsevier
Using the data of the CAMREX project (1982–1984) on the water geochemistry of the
Amazon river and its main tributaries, it was possible to assess the silicate rock weathering …

Weathering rates in catchments

JI Drever, DW Clow - Reviews in mineralogy, 1995 - degruyter.com
Weathering is a very general term for the processes by which rocks undergo physical and
chemical alteration at the earth's surface. In this paper we shall be concerned only with …

Major and trace element abundances, and strontium isotopes in the Nyong basin rivers (Cameroon): constraints on chemical weathering processes and elements …

J Viers, B Dupré, JJ Braun, S Deberdt, B Angeletti… - Chemical …, 2000 - Elsevier
This paper aims to improve our understanding of chemical weathering processes and
element transport mechanisms in the humid tropical environments. We studied the Nyong …

δ13C pattern of dissolved inorganic carbon in a small granitic catchment: the Strengbach case study (Vosges mountains, France)

P Amiotte-Suchet, D Aubert, JL Probst… - Chemical …, 1999 - Elsevier
The transfers and origins of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) were studied for a year in a
soil–spring–stream system in the Strengbach catchment, Vosges mountains, France. This 80 …

Response of the weathering carbon sink in terrestrial rocks to climate variables and ecological restoration in China

S Gong, S Wang, X Bai, G Luo, L Wu, F Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The weathering carbon sink (CS) of rocks has a sensitive response to different influencing
factors, and it is important to accurately distinguish this response in the global carbon cycle …