Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle

RG Hilton, AJ West - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Mountain building results in high erosion rates and the interaction of rocks with the
atmosphere, water and life. Carbon transfers that result from increased erosion could control …

[HTML][HTML] The continental Si cycle and its impact on the ocean Si isotope budget

PJ Frings, W Clymans, G Fontorbe, L Christina… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The silicon isotope composition of biogenic silica (δ 30 Si BSi) in the ocean is a function of
the δ 30 Si of the available dissolved Si (DSi; H 2 SiO 4), the degree of utilisation of the …

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

JL Raff, SL Goodbred Jr, JL Pickering… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The principal nature-based solution for offsetting relative sea-level rise in the Ganges-
Brahmaputra delta is the unabated delivery, dispersal, and deposition of the rivers'~ 1 billion …

Bias in sediment chemical weathering intensity evaluation: A numerical simulation study

H Fu, X Jian, H Pan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Silicate weathering is critical to global carbon cycle and climate change, and has attracted
considerable attention in Earth science studies. Chemical weathering intensity evaluation …

A Cenozoic record of deep oceanic Zn isotopic composition in ferromanganese crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Sedimentogenesis and hydrobiogeochemistry of high arsenic Late Pleistocene-Holocene aquifer systems

Y Wang, K Pi, S Fendorf, Y Deng, X **e - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Geogenic enrichment of arsenic (As) in groundwater has been a topic of worldwide concern
over the past several decades due to the severe health threat to an estimated over one …

History of Yellow River and Yangtze River delivering sediment to the Yellow Sea since 3.5 Ma: Tectonic or climate forcing?

J Zhang, S Wan, PD Clift, J Huang, Z Yu… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Reconstructing the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary history of the Yellow Sea, is
important for understanding the long-term influence of the Yellow River (Huanghe) and/or …

Human impact overwhelms long-term climate control of weathering and erosion in southwest China

S Wan, S Toucanne, PD Clift, D Zhao, G Bayon… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
During the Holocene there has been a gradual increase in the influence of humans on Earth
systems. High-resolution sedimentary records can help us to assess how erosion and …

Enhanced silicate weathering of tropical shelf sediments exposed during glacial lowstands: A sink for atmospheric CO2

S Wan, PD Clift, D Zhao, N Hovius, G Munhoven… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Atmospheric CO 2 and global climate are closely coupled. Since 800 ka CO 2
concentrations have been up to 50% higher during interglacial compared to glacial periods …

Steady erosion rates in the Himalayas through late Cenozoic climatic changes

SJP Lenard, J Lavé, C France-Lanord, G Aumaître… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sediment accumulation rates and thermal trackers suggest a substantial and global
increase in erosion rates over the past few million years. That increase is commonly …